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."
For those who want a look at this horrifying creature, the video they took can be seen here. Really, the video's worth a look just to hear that scream at the end!
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Seems like the covenant have sent a grunt to scout out the earth for their planned invasion after all, now where did I put my combat rifle, its critter huntin time
I wonder if they believe it to be a goat sucker, a chupacabra (if my spell checker and I are on the same wavelength!) It would explain why they are so terrified.
Would Mexicans recognize the Western, stripped of threat, modern version of a gnome as a little man in a pointy hat? Thinking about it, do other countries other than the UK have garden Gnomes?
Enkidu wrote:I wonder if they believe it to be a goat sucker, a chupacabra (if my spell checker and I are on the same wavelength!) It would explain why they are so terrified.
Would Mexicans recognize the Western, stripped of threat, modern version of a gnome as a little man in a pointy hat? Thinking about it, do other countries other than the UK have garden Gnomes?
Old ladies have them. And the traveling knome from the Travelocity commercials
El Chupacabra is a Puerto Rican legend and I doubt it would have any hold as far away as Argentina. Even if so, it is believed to be rather un-humanlike except for it's bipedal nature.
But I guess I see here the difference between the US and everybody else. A typical American group of teenagers would have seen that guy, beat the living piss out of him, and THEN taken pictures.
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the norse and the germans have very elaborate and well established gnome/dwarf/goblin myths, gnomes aren't just a british affair, my austrian relations are fanatics about those horrid bloody plaster beardy midget ********, although last year i managed to unleash a BB gun on a few...
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