In Argentina, there have long been legends of gnomes who roam the streets and raid vegetable gardens in the middle of the night. After several sightings, one of these gnomes was recently caught on video in General Guemes:

Is this a prank? Perhaps this night stalker was merely a trained monkey on his way to a costume party. But, just in case there really are garden gnomes out there, why not get your own gnome statue? These are highly effective at deterring the little pranksters from your yard - on lawns where we’ve tested garden gnome statues, we’ve had no problems with the tiny vegetable crooks.

By some reports, gnomes don’t have the best eyesight, and they aren’t very social creatures. So, if they think your yard is already home to another gnome, they’ll give the area a wide berth. And, if that doesn’t work, you can warn them off with gnome killers!

Photo courtesy of ixo at Flickr.com.

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