# Did they ever find out what that creepy gnome was? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 26, 2010, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-they-ever-find-out-what-that-creepy-gnome-was/530567 "2010-02-26T20:29:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-they-ever-find-out-what-that-creepy-gnome-was/530567/1 "2010-02-26T20:29:15Z")
[This story and video](http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article902014.ece) 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? ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-they-ever-find-out-what-that-creepy-gnome-was/530567/2 "2010-02-26T20:38:01Z")
It wasn’t a gnome, turned out it was a troll. ---
**Author:** ![Pray\_for\_peace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pray\_for\_peace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pray_for_peace)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-they-ever-find-out-what-that-creepy-gnome-was/530567/3 "2010-02-27T01:09:58Z")
[He’s no longer in South America.](http://leisure.travelocity.com/Promotions/0,,TRAVELOCITY%7C1751%7Cmkt_main,00.html) ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-they-ever-find-out-what-that-creepy-gnome-was/530567/4 "2010-02-27T01:27:46Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > [URL=“[http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article902014.ece](http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article902014.ece)”] Did someone track that guy down and ask him about his pointy hat and disturbing sideways walk? He just likes to wander about, that’s all. It’s all part of being gnomadic. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-they-ever-find-out-what-that-creepy-gnome-was/530567/5 "2010-02-27T01:41:46Z")
Was he walking like a gegyptian? ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-they-ever-find-out-what-that-creepy-gnome-was/530567/6 "2010-02-27T03:43:55Z")
> [@CookingWithGas](#): > > It wasn’t a gnome, turned out it was a troll. Too bad there wasn’t a SDMB mod around to ban him. ---
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-they-ever-find-out-what-that-creepy-gnome-was/530567/7 "2010-02-27T03:48:59Z")
I think it was last seen riding the Washington DC subway in the middle of the night. Yes, it was a Metrognome! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-they-ever-find-out-what-that-creepy-gnome-was/530567/8 "2010-02-27T13:22:48Z")
> [@Jinx](#): > > 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. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-they-ever-find-out-what-that-creepy-gnome-was/530567/9 "2010-02-27T15:46:40Z")
[Klaus Gnomi](http://www.flickr.com/photos/27492458@N05/3869651530/)