They say that in the cave of Askoa lived a Lord of the forest (Basajaun). He met with a group of coalmen from Ataun. One of the coalmen, after making a hole with his axe in a log, asked the forest lord to put his hands in to hold the axe inside, and pass it on to the other side.
The forest lord did as he was asked but the coalman took the axe by closing the trunks opening and trapping the forest lord’s hands in the trunk.
The coalmen brought the lord of the forest down to the town, so that the people could see him, and then released him, but soon the coalman disappeared without a trace.