'Creepy gnome' terrorises town

[icculus]

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

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article902014.ece

(edit) forgot to mention there is video
Discuss...

[David Biedny]

It's in the Sun, so it's crap, obviously.

dB

[nightlark]

Its a machine elf..... but seriously folks; the scream at the end of the video was a bit un-nerving. Pity I can't speak the lingo in the video.

Originally Posted by David Biedny

It's in the Sun, so it's crap, obviously.

I don't know of the Sun in the UK... do they have a bad reputation?

[Tony2013]

Originally Posted by icculus

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

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article902014.ece

(edit) forgot to mention there is video
Discuss...

Sorry, but I laughed out loud at work when I read the subject of this thread. The lads at the Sun have really outdone themselves.

And now everyone's looking at me. "That crazy UFO guy is reading that one Parasailing sight again."

[icculus]

Yes, my wife and I laughed out loud to this as well. I wanted to see what people in the forum said about this one. haha.

I sorta want to take the video frames, cue them up to some music and make a fansite for this gnome, maybe paying homage to the hamster dance of yesteryear.

[Raevenskye]

loved the shriek at the end! I wonder if Travelocity is missing a mascot...

[Koji K.]

One thing about living in General Guemes I never could stomach... all the damn gnomes.

[DBTrek]

That gnome is totally real. You're all a bunch of government plants!

[mike]

why are they living in fear, why doesnt someone just tackle the bugger and sell him to a circus

wonder what it would taste like .............

[schticknz]

Originally Posted by nightlark

Its a machine elf..... but seriously folks; the scream at the end of the video was a bit un-nerving. Pity I can't speak the lingo in the video.

I don't know of the Sun in the UK... do they have a bad reputation?

The Sun is one of, if not the most, vile tabloids in the UK. It is totally lowest common denominator ... and has ... would you believe this ... since I grew up with this, and I still can't quite believe it myself ... topless female models on 'Page 3' ... yep ... right under the cover ... totally topless .

Damn ... think I may have just pushed up the American subscriptions to it now ... damn. Oh, and I think its owned by Rupert Murdoch too ... so put that in your pipe and smoke it ... if you dare

If you want to read more about the Sun ... wikipedia has this on it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sun

Read it and weep copiously

p.s. i didn't find the dwarf elf small person gnome thing that scary ... I would have probably looked on it a bit puzzled really. Maybe South Americans are more easily spooked than us stiff upper lip Brits

p.p.s now if the gnome creature was cackling maniacally now that would have been scary