This is a picture of a garden gnome and is only tangentially related to this story
The Sun ran this story today about a supposed gnome terrorizing an Argentinian town and the video made me laugh so hard I have to share it. The background story is that the guys just happened to be sitting around recording their conversation on a cell phone when they saw a small shadowy figure off in the distance wearing a pointy hat. No offense is meant to little people with this obviously staged video.
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Teenager Jose Alvarez - who filmed the gnome - yesterday told national newspaper El Tribuno that they caught the creature while larking about in their hometown of General Guemes, in the province of Salta, Argentina.
He said: “We were chatting about our last fishing trip. It was one in the morning.
“I began to film a bit with my mobile phone while the others were chatting and joking.
"Suddenly we heard something - a weird noise as if someone was throwing stones.
"We looked to one side and saw that the grass was moving. To begin with we thought it was a dog but when we saw this gnome-like figure begin to emerge we were really afraid."
Jose added that other locals had come forward to say they had spotted the gnome.
He said: “This is no joke. We are still afraid to go out - just like everyone else in the neighbourhood now.
"One of my friends was so scared after seeing that thing that we had to take him to the hospital.”
[From The Sun]
You know these guys were sitting around smoking up and came up with this scary gnome concept. The best is when one of them screams like a girl.
I read a few bulletin boards that were discussing this video, and my favorite comment is from abandon19464 on the unexplained-mysteries forum. He makes a reference to the Travelocity gnome and talks about how this supposed scary creature is dressed just like the stereotypical mythic being:
I heard that this 'gnome' accosted several local youths and offered them exclusive rates on five star Caribbean vacations, sending one boy to the hospital in paroxysms of excitement from the incredible savings.
I actually did see the video from the link, and I'm guessing that it's a prank. While I'm not ruling out the existence of gnomes and leprechauns, one has to wonder about the cryptid dress code being so uniform that it provides for the aforementioned creatures dressing in conical hats and green jumpers.
[unexplained-mysteries.com]
Header image from PkMeCo.com
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