Musestenen er en tons tung granitsten, som ligger på Vemmetofte Strand. Den er bragt hertil fra Sverige under istiden. Den er sidst flyttet af isskruninger for lidt over hundrede år siden.
Ifølge sagnet er der en helt anden årsag til, at stenen ligger hvor den gør. Dovregubben havde tænkt sig, at hans søn skulle giftes med Klintekongens datter. Klintekongen mente imidlertid ikke, at det var et passende parti for hans datter. Det blev Dovregubben så gal over, at han besluttede at dræbe Klintekongen. Han brækkede resolut et stykke klippe af de norske fjelde, for at kaste det i hovedet på Klintekongen. ”Desværre” var Dovregubben ikke så god til at ramme, så stenen landede på Vemmetofte strand.
For at undgå spildte kræfter kan vi oplyse, at cacheen IKKE ligger under stenen.
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The Mouserock is a heavy granite rock, located on the beach of Vemmetofte. It was brought there from Sweden in the ice age. Last time it moved was a little more than 100 years ago, by ice packing.
According to the popular story the rock is placed where you find it for very different reasons. Dovregubben (the troll king of Norway) intended his son to wed the daughter of Klintekongen (the Danish elf king). Klintekongen did not find his son to be a suiting husband for his daughter. Dovregubben got so angry, that he decided to kill Klintekongen. Determined he broke of a piece of Norwegian rock, to throw it after Klintekongen. “Unfortunately” Dovregubben didn’t hit very well, so the rock ended up on Vemmetofte beach.
To avoid the use of unnecessary force, we can tell that the cache is NOT situated under the rock.
Plastbox20 x 15 x 15 cm