I would agree with you and say its viral marketing. The only cryptid I could find info about in Norway was a sea serpent, "Selma".

Im from Denmark, and been to Norway several times, but yet, never heard of it either.

And that MS representative really sparks my bull*-o-meter.

Edit: Well, according to the article, they've talked to a professor in norwegian mythology, and he says he's never heard of it either. On top of that, the entire article doesn't seem to really flesh it out wether this is a real myth, or something made up... Hmmm.

[edit on 29/3/08 by Thain Esh Kelch]

The Goblin Man of Norway

It's just as real as the polar bears that's walking the streets of Oslo

Hey I was just watching that too and thought it looked pretty funny that a documentary was so artsy. AND found it alittle odd that they didn't show anything.

So I went to www.norwegianfilmcommittee.org and the only thing they have produced was this documentary. Seemed fake to me. so I dropped there address into www.who.is and found this out.

Registry Whois

Domain Search:

Domain Name: norwegianfilmcommittee.org

Status: TRANSFER PROHIBITED

Registrar: Tucows Inc. (R11-LROR)

Expiration Date: 2009-02-14 17:29:28
Creation Date: 2008-02-14 17:29:28

Name Servers:
ns2.baremetal.com
ns.baremetal.com
ns3.baremetal.com

Extended Info

IP Address: 209.17.164.29
IP Location: Canada
Website Status: active
Server Type: Apache/1.3.37 (Unix)
Cache Date: 2008-03-29 07:37:23 MST
Compare Archived Data: 2008-03-28

Since the IP is located in canada and Silicon Knights is in St catherins canada, one can only assume that it is a marketing campain.

I wish it was true though.

I guess you've already astablished that "the Goblin man of Norway" is not even a myth, but a marketing campain by Microsoft!
I just thought I'd confirm that nobody in Norway has even heard of it, or the norwegian film committee!
If this had happened in the US, Microsoft would be sooooo sued!

I hope this put the period/dot to the thread!

aww, it sounded so cool, i was hoping it was real, dispite the fact that it seemed really fake, i want those sketches of the parts though, they were pretty cool 8P

Yeah so it's for a game. Wow, but they post it in the newspapers?:S

Who would think that a viral marketing campaign for X-Box would come up with such beautiful short films. There is real artistry in this sham-documentary. Would that there really were such films made today with this sort of visual aesthetic.