The Twilight Zone

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"Creepy gnome" Terrorizes Town



found at:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,336750,00.html

A TOWN in South America is living in fear after several sightings of a 'creepy gnome' that locals claim stalks the streets at night.

The midget - which wears a pointy hat and has a distinctive sideways walk - was caught on video last week by a terrified group of youngsters.

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.”


I'm an American, but I did live in Lima Peru for a couple of years, & I did hear a lot of stories about leprechauns. One Peruvian friend there that I was close to swore up & down that he had seen one when he was a kid, around 5 or 6 years old. One of the kids in his class saw something in a tree near the window & shouted out to the rest of the class that there was a leprechaun outside. According to him, the whole class saw a short creature in the tree smiling at them & noticed them seeing him. Supposedly adults can't see them, and the teacher tried to find out what they were looking at but couldn't see anything, & thought that they were playing a joke on her so she made everyone sit down & stop looking out the window.

Now I don't believe in most of the South American superstitions, like drinking ice cold soda after exercise will make your lungs explode, or pointing a fan directly at yourself will give you "la gripe". But I did, just out of curiosity, ask other people if they believed in leprechauns, & I heard a lot of elaborate & interesting stories to say the least.

I can say that this video is much better proof then the last laugh everyone had at the leprechaun sighting from Mobile, Alabama.

That is just something else, but very funny.

So I'm not quite sure what to think about the Argentine Traveling Gnome dude but the video is pretty darn creepy.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article902014.ece