The Wichita Troll
A 7-foot, 200-pound bronze troll with greenish skin, big ears, wood-plank shoes and a patchwork outfit crouches in the dark beneath an unassuming storm grate on the east bank of the Arkansas River. Installed in 2007 by local artist Connie Ernatt with no formal signage pointing to it, the mystery is the point. Most people walk right over it.
The move: Go troll-hunting after dusk: find the grate on the upper river path (he's looking up at the purple martin house), peer down through the bars with a phone flashlight, then walk down to the lower path by the water for a closer, eerier look together.
- 📍 Riverside (Arkansas River east bank, near Veterans Memorial Park)
- 💸 Free
- ⚡ Low-key
- 🌗 Outdoors
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Verified 2026-06-06.