Something living under the Liiva-aa boulder

Big boulders are rare on Kihnu, so islanders have always paid special attention to the largest of them, the Liiva-aa stone in the pine grove of Linaküla. It is about ten metres round and two and a half metres high, and it is protected as a natural monument. According to local lore, something lives beneath it: people say mysterious underground beings dwell there, and that their noises have been heard coming from under the rock. Another tale says that Mulgi witches from the mainland come at night to dry themselves on top of the boulder. The stone stands near the old manor's lime trees, about 900 metres from the Kihnu village shop, and signs guide walkers to it through the pines.