This region was once covered by a huge ice sheet, several kilometers thick.

Another interesting rock looks like a flight of stairs, while another one looks like a precisely cut pool.

Some people still believe these rocks were shaped and placed by human hands.

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Theories of the occult are also abound.

The indigenous Sami people consider the mountain sacred.

They call these boulders sieds and worship them.

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