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 Sun reports.
The little person who 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.
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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."
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Alvarez 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 neighborhood now."
"One of my friends was so scared after seeing that thing that we had to take him to the hospital, Alvarez said.
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that one guys starts to scream. Wish they didn't cut the video so short. But that is some pretty wierd stuff kind of funny to.
__________________ "Because in the end it has almost nothing to do with the bike and everything to do with setting
out to accomplish something that is intimidating, that is unknown to you, something you know you
have a good chance of failing at but doing it anyways and slowly but surely proving yourself wrong." Mike Ambs
www.corva.org "Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
- Thomas Paine