Select the link below and scroll a bit down to the story entitled…

“Argentina: The Imps Return to Parana”

http://inexplicata.blogspot.com/2006_01_01_archive.html

Translated by Scott Corrales, Institute of Hispanic Ufology

Very ammusing story, enjoy =)

Also, I’ll take this opportunity to recommend a good resource for gnomes, which happens to be the illustrated book simply called “Gnomes” by Rien Poortvliet and Wil Huygen, who claim in the foreward to have been given permission by real Gnomes to publish the book and is based on their “observation of the local gnome population in Holland”. I have this book and I personally attest the book is extremely worthwhile if you have a sincere interest in researching these wonderful beings.

Read the editorial reveiw of this book at the following link for a quick but detailed synopsis of the book and the authors…”these friendly nocturnal creatures were only represented in folk lore; descriptions were often incomplete or simply inaccurate. Poortvliet and Huygen, having studied and interviewed gnomes for two decades, set out to fill this gap with their own encyclopedic tome.”

http://www.amazon.com/Gnomes-30th-Anniversary-Wil-Huygen/dp/0810954982/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1245488585&sr=8-1

For Open minded consideration

And, also, I extend my gratidute for the original article, despite my issues with it.

With the above half truth, half tongue in cheek aside, in truth, the name for the gnome (or similarly described being) in south and central American countries is the “Tata Duende” and there is some very intriguing video footage of this being (s) posted on youtube (see link below – other than the one you mention here in this article – and there was another one that has subsequently disappeared – such as footage of a group of 3 or 4 gnomes which at first waited on one end behind some objects were obviously trying NOT to be seen, then dashed across the background of said distracted teens who were busy laughing and talking, all being filmed by another who doesn’t see it at least at first. The footage of the one (see link below) when spotted behaves as if absolutely terrified for its life. In these OTHER videos, they are much smaller and truer to movement and appearance of the traditional description of a gnome, not the foreboding interloper with the large and menacing side step and which looks more like a troll posing as a gnome. If you could see this other video with the one that I can’t find anymore you might think like I do that these guys are getting a bad rap with this scarrier one so heavily publicized.

We could speculate further on the menacing larger “gnome” that if it is a gnome, that it is maybe a different type species or perhaps class /“caste” (such as a warrior). My intuition says, if it is a gnome, we are actually witnessing a small group of normal sized gnomes using a coordinated illusory effort (i.e.: standing on each other under one shall), designed to intimidate the teens, who perhaps had ventured too close to their village or similar. That COULD explain the bizarre stilted sidestep gate it has and the seemingly smallish head to body size ratio. Again, speculation of course, but an idea worth consideration.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKL9eKRFBYo&feature=related

The idea of them appearing in other countries does not pose any problems, conflictions etc. You might consider it is just you not thinking outside the box, a box you made by your research and/or your belief system, limiting to Germanic “origins”, but intended or not, is on par with German arrogance of certain origins (root race) and of superiority.

I think it silliness not to consider other cultures, and their own name/folklore for the very same or similar phenomenon/creature. Use the Yeti and Sasquatch as a simple analogy. Period.

Besides. Who’s to say the folklore is the origin of the tales of these beings? Rather than recognizing the very good possibility that not only are they real, and then certainly are not limited to one country or its people’s folklore. From that stance, if humans exist on all continents, why can’t gnomes?

The following info on the Tata Duende (New World Gnome) from this link…

http://www.grisdismation.com/Art/LofB/TataDuende.html

“Tata Duende (Ta-ta, Doo-en-dé)
Tata Duende is a powerful spirit that protects the animals and jungles of Belize. According to legend, Tata Duende’s presence can be felt upon entering the jungles of Belize. However, be extremely careful to not anger Tata Duende for his wrath can be deadly.”

Taking this last 3 words into consideration, perhaps we are experiencing more than one type of entity, and a potentially dangerous one indeed.

Ultimately we need to respect these guys as well as the environment. Or we can simply scream, run roughshod over, live in fear, and divide and conquer and destroy everything without care as we’ve been doing. I think this is the primary message that the gnomes give us, no matter where they live, and we are still ignoring it. Lets try some REAL respect for our mother.

According to my boyfriend, his cousin called these creatures the “shoe stealers” because they were rumored to take people’s shoes — I can’t recall now (if my boyfriend even said anything about it) as to whether this was supposed to be known in various households in the neighborhood, or just his cousin’s house, or if his cousin and his parents lived alone in some isolated rural area.

Anyway, my boyfriend claimed to have seen these things once when visiting with his cousin. As he described it, the two of them were looking out the window on a gloomy day toward the woods behind the house when several “Jawa-sized” (his words) humanoids in black robes came out on the fringe of the woods, paralytically holding out their hands and shuffling around as if looking for something. My boyfriend says he got freaked out and got away from the window right quick, so he couldn’t tell anything more about it.

I never was sure if he was serious about this, and I asked him about it several times afterward. His story never changed, and he never did relay it with the little smirk that usually gave him away when he was trying to yank my chain. To this day I am fairly well persuaded that he was sincere about at least believing that he saw these things.

Not that this sheds any light, I know — it is just another little grain of sand to add to the castle of testimony from people who claim to have seen little folks in the forest. But it sure strikes me as curious that so many people do claim to see them, and have been seeing them for hundreds of years, according to folklore — on this as on so many other paranormal subjects, I can’t help but feel that something must be going on, though I don’t pretend to have a clue as to what that might be!

http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/nain-rouge/

In Germanic/Scandinavian pre-Christian religion and folklore, these kinds of beings are sometimes considered land and/or house spirits or sprites and are portrayed as fairly difficult to deal with unless appropriately appeased. Given our increasing encroachment and subsequent pollution of remote areas, it wouldn’t surprise me if people began to report more of these sightings. Food for thought, in any case.