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hi there after reading about gnomes and such on the forum,
i think i will share this with you all,
about five or six years ago me and my older brother were walking in the woods of the new forest.i think it was sometime in the morning,on the way back from are long hard walk.we looked back at a point that we had just walked by.and we saw what we thought looked like a gnome,i think he was a male,he was far shorter than me,and i was about 8 or 9,at the time.he was dressed in something that looked like a monks robe,with the hood,over his head. there was something very strange about the way he walked,but i dont know what, we looked away for a moment,and then looked back,and he had gone!
i always thought,and still think there was something strange with that part of the new forest.
 
Interesting. More like monk's robes, you say?

I'm sure that sounds like something else - and no, not the Jawas from Star Wars. Can't think what though.

How tall do you reckon it was? I know you can't have been that tall yourself back then, but any guesses?
 
Hasn't that area just become a National Park?

The gnomes will have legal protection from now on.

No more rounding them up to sell to French butchers.

Oh no, that might be the ponies.
 
escargot said:
Hasn't that area just become a National Park?

The gnomes will have legal protection from now on.

No more rounding them up to sell to French butchers.

Oh no, that might be the ponies.
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They're protected by the Gnome Office.

Sorry, a cheesy old joke - I'll get me coat... :)
 
and entitled to national elf glasses aswell :D

*rushs to catch myth up*
 
i think he was about 4ft,maybe shorter.
this wasnt the only fortean event that happned to me in the new forest,the woods are near ringwood-hants.
ANY ONE SEE THE LITTLE GUY OUT OF DONT LOOK NOW?
 
Curious Ident said:
Interesting. More like monk's robes, you say?

I'm sure that sounds like something else - and no, not the Jawas from Star Wars. Can't think what though.
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Perhaps you're thinking of the dwarves from Phantasm? I know I was.
 
zed9 said:
i think he was about 4ft,maybe shorter.
this wasnt the only fortean event that happned to me in the new forest,the woods are near ringwood-hants.
ANY ONE SEE THE LITTLE GUY OUT OF DONT LOOK NOW?
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Thank you! It took me years to erase that haunting story and image and now look what you've done!
 
my grandfarther also saw a gnome type person,around the same place,who was dressed in proper fantasy gnome/elf clothing,
who vanished in too thin air.:eek!!!!:
 
It does make me wonder why these 'gnomes' do seem to be seen in the same areas.
An old friend of mine had an experience with what he described as 'gnomes' when he was about 18 or so. He woke up in his room at the same time on the same day of the week to find what he said looked like typical gnomes in his room. He said the first time he woke up, looked around the room as his vision adapted to the light when he thought he saw the shape of a little gnome with green clothes and pointy hat. As he focused in on the little guy, he said it saw him and began to make a break for it to an area of the room which was agrreably colder than the rest. My friend fumbled for the light but when he turned it on, the lttle man had gone. My friend was so shook up that he actually went down and slept on the floor in his parents room.
Years later his younger brother moved into the same room when my friend moved out and told us a curous tale. He said he had woken up one night to a small man on the roof, looking through the skylight and signalling for him to let him in, my friends bro just bolted downstairs and didn't mention it to anyone until he told us. The thing is, my friend had never told 'anyone' but me about his gnome experience, not even his brother, so he didn't get the idea from him.
My brother told me a tale of when he was young. He said he was in bed with a cold one day when he awoke to a group of typical little gnomes at the bottom of his bed, heading towards him in a menacing fashion until he screamed blue murder and they dissapeared.
The most bizarre thing is that my friends and bothers events both took place a couple of streets away, only about twenty five years apart.
Could there be portals or areas where these mythical little fellas dwell?

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It baffles me that they'd hang around in somebody's bedroom.
Are they after something?
 
Mythopoeika said:
It baffles me that they'd hang around in somebody's bedroom.
Are they after something?
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A few years back, my old gran was sitting opposite my Granpa (who was asleep), in her usual place, by the electric fire, in the living room of their umpteenth floor, oap flat. She looked down to the little hearth in front of the fire to see a classic little redcap gnome, who waved at her and winked. She said to me that she blinked hoping he would disappear, but he just stayed there for a while, so she just decided to ignore him, because she knew it had to be a hallucination.

Shortly after, she got her various powerful medications checked and adjusted. I don't think it ever happened again.
 
Mythopoeika:

I believe gnomes lurk in people bedrooms with the intention of stealing people's underwear. Perverted little buggers.
 
Slightly OT but a couple of days ago we were discussing jumping into the sea at one of the bays hereabouts when the little 'un piped up "Me and my friend jumped off a dwarf there." We later established that he meant to say they'd jumped off the wharf :p
 
Pshaw said:
Mythopoeika:

I believe gnomes lurk in people bedrooms with the intention of stealing people's underwear. Perverted little buggers.
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Ah, no wonder I haven't seen one! My underwear has probably frightened them off! :D
 
Possible Explanation

Having lived in Hampshire and being a frequent woodland walker including the New Forest, I have come across many strange woodland folk.

They are called 'Live Role-Players' and like to dress up in 'fantasy' kit such as Dungeons & Dragons heros, sorta LOTR outfits.

Then they hit each other with plastic swords.

They are shy and retiring, catching them in the act is a rare treat, the looks of shame and embarassment on their faces a real delight.

Could you have seen one of these? A young fella, perhaps dresses authentically as an elf by wearing a green blanket?
 
the little people

This morning, driving to open my shop and studio, I see a strange apparition.....

To set the scene, it's darkest, rural Cumbria, and the rain is pouring down. Although it's around 9.30am it's still quite gloomy, and the narrow country road, quiet at the best of times, is empty in both directions.

Coming round a sweeping bend, I see, quite clearly, coming towards me on the opposite side of the road a small figure. Hugging the bank and hedgerow, this being is so small I can hardly see him/her/it for the shopping trolley being laboriously pushed up the hill. Now it's curious that this figure should be pushing a shopping trolley because only the other day I posted a story on the 'Weird Folk' thread about 'the Shopping Trolley Man' who is often seen around Kendal - this was most definitely not him.

The Kendal man is tall and thin - this 'person' was so tiny (yet bulky) that the head just about reached the level of the handle of the trolley. The trolley was absolutely LOADED with 'stuff' - couldn't make out what, but that looked bulky too, a pile almost teetering on the edge of collapse, of something or other....

The figure was dressed in an oddf floor length garment, so couldn't see legs or any other definition, and its back was almost parallel to the ground as it struggled to push this huge load up the hill. I am certain this was not a child, neither could I determine the sex.

I was quite concerned, as well as being extremely intrigued and surprised to see this appartition, as the garment it was wearing was dark coloured and the light was not good. When traffic uses this road, it is usually at some speed and I had visions of said 'gnome' and cart being hurled into a hedge.

I was travelling quite slowly as I had a car full of fragile shop fittings, and I slowed down to get a better look at the figure in my rear view mirror, and was also preparing to flash my headlights (or tail lights) should I see a vehicle approaching at speed, but when I looked into the mirror the figure had vanished completely.

The road is open just at the point where I spotted it, and the banks on both sides of the road are steep (quite a bit higher than the height of the 'gnome') and also, the hedgerows are very old and dense. Also, judging by the effort being put in, in order to merely push the trolley along, it is impossible that the creature could have climbed the bank, pulling the trolley with it, AND managed to get through the hedge and out of sight.

The mystery had me puzzling all day....
 
Shortly before the restructuring of the Boards, someone posted details for the ELFEN project. I looked it up and submitted my experience of 'gnome type' creatures. Couple of weeks later, received a response from a Doctor Butler (of ELFEN) in Canada; he's compiling data submitted by those who've had a 'gnome' experience.

According to Dr.Butler, the ELFEN project has received over 400 submissions from people all over the globe; he said they are particularly present in many of the Pacific Rim islands; with emphasis on Hawaii -- also in Canada, the US, New Zealand and Europe. Butler's engaged in serious research into the phenomenon; he told me that the 'gnome' type creatures tend to favour location, as opposed to specific people, whereas UFO-alien type entities attach to people rather than locations; all of which confirms the suspicions of experiencers. Butler said he personally knows of up to 60 families who are currently co-existing with 'gnome' type entities present in their ordinary suburban homes; he said the afflicted home-owners generally manage to reach a compromise with the creatures, resulting in peaceful co-existence. This supports 'myths' and 'legends' which generally advise humans about what to do -- and more importantly what *not* to do -- in the presence of gnomes or when in 'gnome' locations.

I was interested to learn that the American Indians regard the gnomes or 'little people' as existing in reality. The Indians incorporate the gnomes within their tribal lore, initiations, crop growing rituals, etc.

But I was stunned to learn, shortly afterwards, about the Charles Bonnet Syndrome. This may be of particular interest to the poster who detailed his grandmother's experience in an above post. Apparently, Charles Bonnet Syndrome was discovered in the late 1700's by a German. It has recently been 'rediscovered' by medicos specialising in the elderly and sight impaired. A search on Charles Bonnet Sydrome will certainly interest anyone who's experienced the 'gnome' or 'little people' phenomenon. Apparently, it is relatively common for the elderly and sight-impaired to see these 'little people'. Until very recently, they tended to keep their experiences to themselves, for fear of being diagnosed as suffering from senile decay; or being accused of being 'crazy'. However, a recent and quite respectable study revealed that those who see the 'little people' (amonst other things) ARE generally of higher than average intelligence, DO possess all their mental faculties, are not hallucinating or dreaming.

It seems that young children and the elderly and/or sight impaired, are able to see these creatures which exist in other dimensions. In short, it appears that this ability is in some way related to eye-sight.

From there, I discovered that most of those who use the compound/drug DMT *also* see (and sometimes communicate with) these same 'little people', gnome or elf type entities. On some occasions, the experience has frightened experiencers, but generally it's described as a positive experience.

So -- laughable though the 'gnomes' sound to those who haven't experienced them, there is now confirmation of their existence by a percentage of the world's population.
 
More on gnomes.

We've heard theories that sightings of gnomes/fairies/sundry magical creatures are actually alien encounters.

In this video, no less an authority than Jenny Randles is quoted as saying that 'gnomes' may actually be aliens:

40 TRUE Terrifying Crytpids & Deep Woods Horror Stories

The first story is about an apparent attempted abduction by gnomes in Australia. The woman it happened to later heard about another woman whose house was overrun by similar 'gnomes'.

After each was 'rescued' she declined to discuss the incident further. This decision lasted 20 years for the first woman and seems to be a common reaction: people don't want to be thought mad.
 
escargot said:
More on gnomes.

We've heard theories that sightings of gnomes/fairies/sundry magical creatures are actually alien encounters.

In this video, no less an authority than Jenny Randles is quoted as saying that 'gnomes' may actually be aliens:

40 TRUE Terrifying Crytpids & Deep Woods Horror Stories

The first story is about an apparent attempted abduction by gnomes in Australia. The woman it happened to later heard about another woman whose house was overrun by similar 'gnomes'.

After each was 'rescued' she declined to discuss the incident further. This decision lasted 20 years for the first woman and seems to be a common reaction: people don't want to be thought mad.
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The gnome abduction story was also posted on this very message board ==> here, by the woman that experienced it. I stumbled across it as well some years ago on another web site, I believe it was an Australian UFO site. The accounts are all very consistent. It’s one of my all-time favorite Fortean tales - completely bonkers and terrifying.
 
IamSundog said:
The gnome abduction story was also posted on this very message board ==> here, by the woman that experienced it. I stumbled across it as well some years ago on another web site, I believe it was an Australian UFO site. The accounts are all very consistent. It’s one of my all-time favorite Fortean tales - completely bonkers and terrifying.
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Yup, I vaguely remembered it but couldn't find it as we have several gnome-themed threads.
 
IamSundog said:
The gnome abduction story was also posted on this very message board ==> here, by the woman that experienced it. I stumbled across it as well some years ago on another web site, I believe it was an Australian UFO site. The accounts are all very consistent. It’s one of my all-time favorite Fortean tales - completely bonkers and terrifying.
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A poster called Spillage is mentioned there. He was a rather sad troll who'd post bizarre stories and then brag that he'd MADE IT ALL UP hAhAaHHHaa.
 
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again6 said:
Charles Bonnet Syndrome
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Wasn't there a Bishop who had a public incident, or rather an incident that became public?

I felt very much for him - regardless of the "reality" of the intrusion - and wondered if Charles Bonnet Syndrome was a possibility. It tends to be a distressing experience.
 
IamSundog said:
The gnome abduction story was also posted on this very message board ==> here, by the woman that experienced it. I stumbled across it as well some years ago on another web site, I believe it was an Australian UFO site. The accounts are all very consistent. It’s one of my all-time favorite Fortean tales - completely bonkers and terrifying.
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A few weeks late but that story has stuck with me for years, it was just so terrifying! I am so glad to see it on this thread (or am I :omg:)
 
That account of gnomes sounds really frightening.
The account I posted some time ago I think in accounts of things seen by children when they were unwell featured gnomes. I wouldn't have known that that is what they were as I was only very small, around 3 maybe and didn't have any books about them as it was just after WW2.
Mine were not scary though but seemed scared when my mother was coming, saying to hurry and get me back.
 
IamSundog said:
The gnome abduction story was also posted on this very message board ==> here, by the woman that experienced it. I stumbled across it as well some years ago on another web site, I believe it was an Australian UFO site. The accounts are all very consistent. It’s one of my all-time favorite Fortean tales - completely bonkers and terrifying.
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For those who were around at the time, what's with the disclaimer in the thread title? Did OP develop a reputation like the poster Spillage, to whom Scargy refers?

I'm somewhat jolted to see that Finehair was AKA Again6, who posted one of my favourite accounts on here, of retrieving the memory of a ghost lurching towards her, arms out as though to strangle her, and facial expression to match. It's the same ghostly figure with the shine in his hair that she mentions in the Gnomes post. She first mentioned him as a benign presence, but then seemed to recall the "attack". All very evocative.
 
Krepostnoi said:
For those who were around at the time, what's with the disclaimer in the thread title? Did OP develop a reputation like the poster Spillage, to whom Scargy refers?

I'm somewhat jolted to see that Finehair was AKA Again6, who posted one of my favourite accounts on here, of retrieving the memory of a ghost lurching towards her, arms out as though to strangle her, and facial expression to match. It's the same ghostly figure with the shine in his hair that she mentions in the Gnomes post. She first mentioned him as a benign presence, but then seemed to recall the "attack". All very evocative.
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I don’t know why the disclaimer, except perhaps just that the tale is just so bizarre. Finehair AKA Again6 did not have any reputation for fictionalizing that I was ever aware of. She seemed to garner sincere and respectful responses from other board members. I personally have always found her gnome story very compelling. It reads like somebody trying to honestly convey an experience that was utterly mad, and seeking some kind of insight or explanation, or at least support.
 
As I understand it ... Finehair / Again6 evolved into a progressively problematic presence who was eventually banned. According to comments from that long-ago time there were apologies due other members, unacceptable statements, and a failure to heed multiple warnings. By the time the drama ran its course her IHTM tales had become targets of skepticism.
 
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