This story and video shows a group of kids who filmed a weird creepy gnome in the middle of the night. This happened about 2 years ago. Was there ever a follow up? Did someone track that guy down and ask him about his pointy hat and disturbing sideways walk?
It wasn’t a gnome, turned out it was a troll.
He just likes to wander about, that’s all. It’s all part of being gnomadic.
Was he walking like a gegyptian?
Too bad there wasn’t a SDMB mod around to ban him.
I think it was last seen riding the Washington DC subway in the middle of the night. Yes, it was a Metrognome! 
Nothing like a joke with perfect timing.