Comments on: Argentinian "gnome" scaring the bejezus out of kids http://boingboing.net/2008/03/13/argentinian-gnome-sc.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Enochrewt http://boingboing.net/2008/03/13/argentinian-gnome-sc.html#comment-142592 Enochrewt Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-142592 Travel Myth 2847: You will not get mistaken for a menacing monster in South American towns when wandering drunk at night!" Am I going to die? Travel Myth 2847:

You will not get mistaken for a menacing monster in South American towns when wandering drunk at night!”

Am I going to die?

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/03/13/argentinian-gnome-sc.html#comment-142597 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-142597 no, but maybe infected no, but maybe infected

]]> By: SarahFenix http://boingboing.net/2008/03/13/argentinian-gnome-sc.html#comment-143630 SarahFenix Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-143630 Gnomes??? In the spirit of St. Patty's, Try Leprechans... http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article902014.ece Gnomes???

In the spirit of St. Patty’s,
Try Leprechans…
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article902014.ece

]]> By: jay radical http://boingboing.net/2008/03/13/argentinian-gnome-sc.html#comment-142623 jay radical Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-142623 oh god, i wish i hadn't looked. that was creepy as fuck, fake or not. oh god, i wish i hadn’t looked. that was creepy as fuck, fake or not.

]]> By: Spinobobot http://boingboing.net/2008/03/13/argentinian-gnome-sc.html#comment-142627 Spinobobot Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-142627 It's clearly (not actually "clearly" since it's such low quality video) just some dude crouching and ambling about sideways. Try it yourself: it's actually not that hard to move around like that, and certainly not for the like 2 seconds that were taped. With bad lighting conditions, it makes for a creepy profile, but it's just some kid mostly hunched over. It’s clearly (not actually “clearly” since it’s such low quality video) just some dude crouching and ambling about sideways.

Try it yourself: it’s actually not that hard to move around like that, and certainly not for the like 2 seconds that were taped. With bad lighting conditions, it makes for a creepy profile, but it’s just some kid mostly hunched over.

]]> By: Egil http://boingboing.net/2008/03/13/argentinian-gnome-sc.html#comment-144167 Egil Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-144167 I hate to cause any hard feelings among all the cynical, skeptical, nay-sayers, but this thing is REAL. I know, because my dog told me, and he got the word straight from Elvis, and the King always knows what is shaking. I would have gotten an opinion from Jimmy, but the Hoffmeister is still pissed about that movie about him that Jack Nicholson made. I keep telling him to get over it, but he can be just a tad obsessive; of course, being dead doesn't help. I would have gotten Bigfoot's thoughts, but he was busy scratching his crack and then sniffing his fingers, and I was not even going to get CLOSE to that. I hate to cause any hard feelings among all the cynical, skeptical, nay-sayers, but this thing is REAL. I know, because my dog told me, and he got the word straight from Elvis, and the King always knows what is shaking. I would have gotten an opinion from Jimmy, but the Hoffmeister is still pissed about that movie about him that Jack Nicholson made. I keep telling him to get over it, but he can be just a tad obsessive; of course, being dead doesn’t help. I would have gotten Bigfoot’s thoughts, but he was busy scratching his crack and then sniffing his fingers, and I was not even going to get CLOSE to that.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/03/13/argentinian-gnome-sc.html#comment-144170 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-144170 I knew it! I knew it!

]]> By: Antinous http://boingboing.net/2008/03/13/argentinian-gnome-sc.html#comment-142635 Antinous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-142635 Oh, my poor mistress. What would she think of nasty mudblood children filming Kreacher? Oh, my poor mistress. What would she think of nasty mudblood children filming Kreacher?

]]> By: noen http://boingboing.net/2008/03/13/argentinian-gnome-sc.html#comment-142642 noen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-142642 Is it someone crouching? No, I downloaded the flv file and it's clear enough to reject that theory. It doesn't move like a child either. Stepping through the frames it is either a midget or.... There are quite a few videos on YouTube of Mexican, Latin American kids getting spooked by some shadowy and presumably alien figure reaching out and grabbing them. Most likely someone is pranking these kids. Is it someone crouching? No, I downloaded the flv file and it’s clear enough to reject that theory. It doesn’t move like a child either. Stepping through the frames it is either a midget or….

There are quite a few videos on YouTube of Mexican, Latin American kids getting spooked by some shadowy and presumably alien figure reaching out and grabbing them. Most likely someone is pranking these kids.

]]> By: whoknew http://boingboing.net/2008/03/13/argentinian-gnome-sc.html#comment-142645 whoknew Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-142645 I was waiting for Harry Potter. But are people really creeped out by the video? Way too short for me . . . I was waiting for Harry Potter.

But are people really creeped out by the video? Way too short for me . . .

]]> By: Antinous http://boingboing.net/2008/03/13/argentinian-gnome-sc.html#comment-142647 Antinous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-142647 It's in South America. What are the chances that it's somebody's pet monkey? If it's human, it's tiny. Wait, Marsquatch is tiny. Oh, shit! They've landed. It’s in South America. What are the chances that it’s somebody’s pet monkey? If it’s human, it’s tiny. Wait, Marsquatch is tiny. Oh, shit! They’ve landed.

]]> By: mindysan33 http://boingboing.net/2008/03/13/argentinian-gnome-sc.html#comment-142650 mindysan33 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-142650 I would say prank, too. Creepy though... The way the kids screams.... But it also reminds me of "Behind the Mask: the Rise of Leslie Vernon", which we recently saw, turning the creepy supernatural mass murderer paradigm on it's head, by asserting that anything that Jason Vorhees (and the like) does can have perfectly logical, non-supernatural explanations. Anyone else seen that yet? It's really good and worth the time. Go check it out, if you haven't. Mindy I would say prank, too. Creepy though… The way the kids screams…. But it also reminds me of “Behind the Mask: the Rise of Leslie Vernon”, which we recently saw, turning the creepy supernatural mass murderer paradigm on it’s head, by asserting that anything that Jason Vorhees (and the like) does can have perfectly logical, non-supernatural explanations. Anyone else seen that yet? It’s really good and worth the time. Go check it out, if you haven’t.

Mindy

]]> By: garrito http://boingboing.net/2008/03/13/argentinian-gnome-sc.html#comment-142907 garrito Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-142907 Relax, it's just Matt Damon. Relax, it’s just Matt Damon.

]]> By: Antinous http://boingboing.net/2008/03/13/argentinian-gnome-sc.html#comment-142653 Antinous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-142653 Being frightened by one's own prank is quite normal. You scream at the movies even though you know that it's not real, don't you? Being frightened by one’s own prank is quite normal. You scream at the movies even though you know that it’s not real, don’t you?

]]> By: trailer_elvis http://boingboing.net/2008/03/13/argentinian-gnome-sc.html#comment-142912 trailer_elvis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-142912 They, like, have their own language, gnome sayin'? They, like, have their own language, gnome sayin’?

]]> By: brightblue http://boingboing.net/2008/03/13/argentinian-gnome-sc.html#comment-142913 brightblue Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-142913 It looks to me like it's dragging its right side. So if it is a gnome, I think it's one that has had a stroke. Perhaps this made it lose its natural wariness towards humans, or its camouflage ability. (These are apparently left-hemisphere skills for a gnome.) I'll take the hoax-by-teens explanation, especially after seeing the second take from El Tribuno, but the kids should get some credit for the high creepiness factor. It looks to me like it’s dragging its right side. So if it is a gnome, I think it’s one that has had a stroke. Perhaps this made it lose its natural wariness towards humans, or its camouflage ability. (These are apparently left-hemisphere skills for a gnome.)

I’ll take the hoax-by-teens explanation, especially after seeing the second take from El Tribuno, but the kids should get some credit for the high creepiness factor.

]]> By: Shawn Wolfe http://boingboing.net/2008/03/13/argentinian-gnome-sc.html#comment-142407 Shawn Wolfe Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-142407 Gol-dammit they stopped taping right when it was getting good! Gol-dammit they stopped taping right when it was getting good!

]]> By: wheelz http://boingboing.net/2008/03/13/argentinian-gnome-sc.html#comment-142919 wheelz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-142919 So THAT'S where Matt Walsh has been hiding! So THAT’S where Matt Walsh has been hiding!

]]> By: markmarkmark http://boingboing.net/2008/03/13/argentinian-gnome-sc.html#comment-142410 markmarkmark Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-142410 If they think baby Pyramid head is scary, wait till they see his papa... If they think baby Pyramid head is scary, wait till they see his papa…

]]> By: cwills143 http://boingboing.net/2008/03/13/argentinian-gnome-sc.html#comment-142928 cwills143 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-142928 To me, there's only one reason why this is fake. If that was me and my friends, or anyone for that matter, back in high school or even middle school and we saw that? I know for a fact we would have realized that there were like six of us that could all beat the shit out of that little gnome and we would chase it's hobbling ass down and catch it. For science, of course. To me, there’s only one reason why this is fake. If that was me and my friends, or anyone for that matter, back in high school or even middle school and we saw that? I know for a fact we would have realized that there were like six of us that could all beat the shit out of that little gnome and we would chase it’s hobbling ass down and catch it.

For science, of course.

]]> By: minTphresh http://boingboing.net/2008/03/13/argentinian-gnome-sc.html#comment-142679 minTphresh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-142679 HE IS NOT AN ANIMAL!!! uh,...he's a human being? HE IS NOT AN ANIMAL!!! uh,…he’s a human being?

]]> By: pretty99 http://boingboing.net/2008/03/13/argentinian-gnome-sc.html#comment-142937 pretty99 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-142937 AFRICA IS BLESSED! AFRICA IS BLESSED!

]]> By: Bonsomme http://boingboing.net/2008/03/13/argentinian-gnome-sc.html#comment-142939 Bonsomme Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-142939 I got no problem with the "gnome." Teenagers, on the other hand, give me the heebie-geebies. I got no problem with the “gnome.” Teenagers, on the other hand, give me the heebie-geebies.

]]> By: luckyboylb http://boingboing.net/2008/03/13/argentinian-gnome-sc.html#comment-142940 luckyboylb Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-142940 LOL it is clear that it is a monkey from the movement patterns. Just look at it when the first images of that monkey appears on the screen. Well done kids ^^... LOL it is clear that it is a monkey from the movement patterns. Just look at it when the first images of that monkey appears on the screen. Well done kids ^^…

]]> By: theophrastus http://boingboing.net/2008/03/13/argentinian-gnome-sc.html#comment-142432 theophrastus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-142432 that's no "pointy hat"... that's his head! his... head!! (com'on folks - ockhams motorola razor and all) that’s no “pointy hat”… that’s his head! his… head!! (com’on folks – ockhams motorola razor and all)

]]> By: Antinous http://boingboing.net/2008/03/13/argentinian-gnome-sc.html#comment-142433 Antinous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-142433 Was it singing an Amy Winehouse song? Were there sequins at the scene? Was it singing an Amy Winehouse song? Were there sequins at the scene?

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/03/13/argentinian-gnome-sc.html#comment-142434 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-142434 isn't it great how La Pequena can wrap a newspaper about the head and get international play? isn’t it great how La Pequena can wrap a newspaper about the head and get international play?

]]> By: JenniferFolly http://boingboing.net/2008/03/13/argentinian-gnome-sc.html#comment-142439 JenniferFolly Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-142439 OMG! It's Amy Winehouse. OMG! It’s Amy Winehouse.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/03/13/argentinian-gnome-sc.html#comment-142440 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-142440 I'll find that camera sooner or later, you know. I’ll find that camera sooner or later, you know.

]]> By: sonny p fontaine http://boingboing.net/2008/03/13/argentinian-gnome-sc.html#comment-142445 sonny p fontaine Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-142445 does it look like this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoIebIKNS4s I could see the problem with that. maybe someone there could fashion a robot from a chicken smoker and shoot the gnome with a water cannon. does it look like this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoIebIKNS4s

I could see the problem with that. maybe someone there could fashion a robot from a chicken smoker and shoot the gnome with a water cannon.

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