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Captain Richard Harrison of the Springfield, Oregon police said. “Every time I leave my office, they’re sitting in my chair, working on my computer. I can’t seem to get rid of the darn things.”
The darn things to which he’s referring are largely, garden gnomes! Oh sure, I’ve seen the occasional gnome take off on a trip around the world, sending postcards back home from well known tourist attractions, but never a mass take over like this.
I’d love to have been on a ride-along the evening this crime was discovered., or live in a town where this is classified as crime. On the evening of October 17, roughly 75 garden gnomes were meticulously placed all around one Springfield home, sadly no photos were released of the handiwork.
One gnome with a more practical bent, wore rough weather gear and carried his own rain gauge. I’m sure he’s ready to get back to work, rather than lolly gagging around with a convention of other gnomes, plastic frogs, plaster deer, geese, owls, I would presume a pink flamingo or two.
But – how will they be returned to their rightful owners, you may well be asking yourself, and lusting for a new gnome or two? This Tuesday will be the day for the rightful owners to be reunited with their very own gnomes, but there will be no orphans given to the wrong household! “If they come here and they can identify it, “ Harrison said, “we’re more than happy to let the gnomes go home.” It sounds as if he’s developed a bit of a soft spot for the cheerful little guys. If any are left after Tuesday, they will be sold at auction, so contact Sotheby’s, and good luck!