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The Museum of Hoaxes is dedicated to promoting knowledge about hoaxes. (Click here for opening hours, etc.) On our blog we post about dubious- sounding claims, and whatever else strikes our fancy. The site is also home to the Hoaxipedia (the museum's online encyclopedia of hoaxes), the Hoax Forum, and the Top 100 April Fools' Day Hoaxes.
The museum was created in 1997 by Alex Boese. He's assisted by a staff of deputy curators and docents. Alex is the author of three books, most recently Elephants on Acid: And Other Bizarre Experiments (which has nothing to do with hoaxes). Check out the list of the Top 20 Most Bizarre Experiments of All Time for a preview.
The Museum of Hoaxes is dedicated to promoting knowledge about hoaxes. (Click here for opening hours, etc.) On our blog we post about dubious- sounding claims, and whatever else strikes our fancy. The site is also home to the Hoaxipedia (the museum's online encyclopedia of hoaxes), the Hoax Forum, and the Top 100 April Fools' Day Hoaxes.
The museum was created in 1997 by Alex Boese. He's assisted by a staff of deputy curators and docents. Alex is the author of three books, most recently Elephants on Acid: And Other Bizarre Experiments (which has nothing to do with hoaxes). Check out the list of the Top 20 Most Bizarre Experiments of All Time for a preview.Prankplace.com
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Circle of Gnomes Found in Forest
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The Garden Gnome Liberation Army has been in the news recently:Twelve garden gnomes kidnapped in western Sweden a month ago have been found in a snowy forest, standing in a ring beside a lighted bonfire and a small hut, Swedish news agency TT reported. "It looked very cozy," Bo Larsson, a police officer in the town of Kil, near Karlstad, told TT on Friday. The gnomes mysteriously vanished from their gardens just before Christmas. A letter from the "Garden Gnomes Liberation Army" later claimed responsibility for their disappearance, explaining that the dwarfish figures had pined for freedom.
The gnomes were returned to their former owners.
Listed in chronological order. Newest comments at the end.
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I always wonder how people 'identify' them. I mean, if I had the average gnome, and one of the ones to be returned was cooler than mine, I'd be tempted to pick the wrong one out of the line-up.
Posted by Boo in The Land of the Haggii... on Tue Jan 24, 2006 at 05:48 AMIf I were the one to find them, I wouldn't want to move them. At least not until after I take a TON of pictures!! 
Posted by thephrog in CA USA on Tue Jan 24, 2006 at 10:05 AMWho even owns a garden gnome? I don't think I've ever actually seen one in person.
Posted by Razela in Sierra Vista, AZ on Tue Jan 24, 2006 at 10:37 AMThats actually pretty creepy...
Posted by Absinthe (Carmen) in Vancouver on Tue Jan 24, 2006 at 01:43 PM"Who can own the sky, or the sun? Who can own the forests and lakes? Who can own the animals and the meadows? Who can own a garden gnome?"
Posted by eovti in Sandefjord, Norway on Tue Jan 24, 2006 at 02:52 PMI'll fess up. I own a garden gnome. It's a clear copyright violation of the gnomes in the GNOMES book from 20 years ago. It's about 5" high, on a swing, and it's hanging from the tree that my twins' swings are hanging from. They take turns pushing each other, and it.
Posted by cvirtue on Wed Jan 25, 2006 at 07:14 AMBoo--
A gnome is like a child. How can you honestly say that you would abandon your own gnome, the gnome that faithfully stood guard over your garden day after day, night after night, for someone else's beloved "cooler" gnome?
You should be ashamed of yourself. As should this "Garden Gnomes Liberation Army" for driving gnomes away from their loving families to shiver, lost among strangers, in a cold heartless forest.
Gnomes--Listen to what your heart tells you. Do not be swayed by the false promises of the GGLA.
Posted by Gnora Gnome on Wed Jan 25, 2006 at 05:13 PMA gnome is like a child. How can you honestly say that you would abandon your own gnome, the gnome that faithfully stood guard over your garden day after day, night after night, for someone else's beloved "cooler" gnome?
You should be ashamed of yourself. As should this "Garden Gnomes Liberation Army" for driving gnomes away from their loving families to shiver, lost among strangers, in a cold heartless forest.
Gnomes--Listen to what your heart tells you. Do not be swayed by the false promises of the GGLA.
It is not fair to make Gnomes into slaves. If you have made a gnome into a slave you should set it free and send it to rehabilitation. The legal form to set your Gnome free is at a website called http://www.geocities.com/gnome_reserve. They have a bunch of Freed Gnomes and a Gnome Underground Railroad and they give counseling to Freed Gnomes. love, Joey
Posted by Joe on Thu Apr 20, 2006 at 07:58 AMPage 1 of 1 pages