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General Category => General Talk => Topic started by: Woman on March 12, 2008, 01:30:21 am
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http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article902014.ece
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.”
Basically, there is this THING that looks like a gnome walking around this town in Argentina, 'terrorizing' the populace(although I haven't found anything other than that it walks around and makes itself known).
All in all, I find this whole thing hilarious, especially the fact that the girl screams at the end of the video. WHAT DO YOU ALL THINK OF THIS?
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I saw this article earlier. The video cracked me up. I really don't know what to make of it though. Obviously I realize that there isn't a real gnome walking around attacking this town, but I still don't know what to make of that video. I'm wondering if an insane midget escaped an asylum somewhere and is having fun in this town?
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Haha, man, what the hell.
All in all, I find this whole thing hilarious, especially the fact that the girl screams at the end of the video. WHAT DO YOU ALL THINK OF THIS?
Sounded like a guy to me :fogetshrug:
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its me
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WHAT DO YOU ALL THINK OF THIS?
How much EXP would it give.
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Shepperd tell us, have you seen that creature? Now even I am scared
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I think it's a HOAX but I like it how the kids made a film and became famous
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It's just a person with dwarfism
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I don't know man, that was genuinely creepy even if it was fake... like, that was some Silent Hill meets Something Wicked This Way Comes shit. I'd probably scream too if I saw a sideways walking pointy head midget walking through the grass at night.
Shit, maybe it's the TRAVELLING GNOME??
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maybe he got drunk at a birthday party and was walking home
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I don't know man, that was genuinely creepy even if it was fake...
Yeah it was pretty creepy, I think it looks too small to be a dwarf and I doubt it is a midget. I think the kids might be pulling some hoax here.
Haha honestly imagine walking home from a party and some kids are SCREAMING HOLY HELL WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT and there are reports all over town about some creepy dwarf and you're just some poor guy walkin home.
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it looked like it was like a foot tall at most.
why the fuck wouldn't they CATCH IT or something if it wasn't a hoax.
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because its a deathgnome.
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1 in the morning after some drinks i would SPRINT LIKE WIND BUT FASTER if i saw that
that being said how awesome would it be if you were a midget to do this?
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Here's a better quality video of the Gnome where you can actually see him (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAphcvZaS8I).
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Naru.... Narutaru?
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Geez, I guess ANYTHING can pass as "terrorism" theese days.
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haha man this is great. I'm going to do this one day
seriously I thought this would be some kind of creepy cryptid but it's actually a really cool gnome.
but if this turns to be a viral marketing campaign by expedia I'll be pissed!
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jesus christ you people are stupid
that was very clearly a duergar, not a gnome. any half-intelligent pup could make that distinction
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jesus christ you people are stupid
that was very clearly a duergar, not a gnome. any half-intelligent pup could make that distinction
oh fuck... with the death of gary gygax the soul of dungeons and dragons grimoire has opened up and now the mosters are roaming free!
QUICK EVERYONE! GRAB YOUR +3 LONGSWORDS AND HELMUTS OF INTIGRATION! WE MUST BATTLE THIS NEW THREAT IN A MEGA COLOSAL SUPR EPIC BATTLE NEVER BEFORE RECORDED IN THE ANALZ OF MAN (caps cruise control)
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I can't watch the video right now (I am at work and behind the desk) but the article was pretty funny.
Argentinians must be really sad people to think that a midget at night is something superstitious or mythical.
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thats so funny
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Argentinians must be really sad people to think that a midget at night is something superstitious or mythical.
I saw the gnome's face in my grilled cheese sandwich.
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i like how he hobbles around sideways lmao
i imagine him galloping around an entire village, never setting one foot in front of the other.
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My money's on viral marketing for Cloverfield 2
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It's worth mentioning that you link to the sun. The Sun is like... it makes THE ONION look like the worlds greatest and most reliable news source... and the onion is a parody site!
Not that I'm implying anything other than the sun makes up 90% of what it says.
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it's fake, there's two takes of the video on youtube... one sec...
here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvj2UeqPGZc (take one)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlLgd8wjO78 (take two)
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They did it for the lulz
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Thats a let down.
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man i wish the gnome was real so we could hang out :(
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Jesus my first thought was A WILD GNOME APPEARED!.
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Man, I'm still laughing five minutes after watching this.
Good moves, good moves!
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Jesus my first thought was A WILD GNOME APPEARED!.
ARTICUNO, ICE BEAM!
POKEBALL GO!
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In any even, even if this wasn't fake it is still mean to be afraid of a midget, even if it is wearing a pointy hat. Poor midget.
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Parasun it's racist to call them "midgets". Maybe not racist but it's not PC.
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Parasun it's racist to call them "midgets". Maybe not racist but it's not PC.
Political correctness is bullshit so it's all okay.
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Racist is right, I mean, dwarves are a race, aren't they? So for you to suggest that midgets aren't worthy of being a "race" is not PC.
But yeah, that sideways walk is disturbing and hilarious.
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That is so cool haha, Vivi?
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How can a Gnome terrorize a town?
My old dog used to twat those guys in my garden.
What would it do though? I mean, its 1ft tall, has muscles about twice the size of your finger, is probably ginger and has a pointed hat.
Unless its made of clay and can fling itself at your balls I really don't see the damage it will cause.
Also, this is clearly bullshit, its amazing what the media will buy into just for a story these days.
"Hai, i see pegasus, 500$?"
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If I were a midget, I would wear a pointy hat and speak in rhyme ALL THE TIME. I would have a blast freaking kids out and stuff.
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Parasun it's racist to call them "midgets". Maybe not racist but it's not PC.
Do you mean to suggest that midgets have feelings? Yeah, next your gonna tell me the blacks have souls. You're silly, tee hee hee :dopefish:
I'm kidding.
Racist is right, I mean, dwarves are a race, aren't they? So for you to suggest that midgets aren't worthy of being a "race" is not PC.
But yeah, that sideways walk is disturbing and hilarious.
Dwarfism isn't a race, it's a 'condition.'
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the duergar alliance got the kids to change their story using "duergar interrogation techniques"
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Leprechaun sighting in Atlanta!!
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(http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j102/luvodicus/leprechaun.jpg)
I see a skull and cross bones, but no leprechaun...
(http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j102/luvodicus/leprechaun-1.jpg)
I want the gold, I want the gold, I want I the gold....
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Man I'd be creeped out as hell! That was creepy, even if it was fake.
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Rofl I wish I was a midget so I could do stuff like that.