Deputies: Cache of 60 stolen gnomes found

[The Straight Story]

Deputies: Cache of 60 stolen gnomes found


MOUNT VERNON, Wash., Dec. 17 (UPI) -- A string of lawn gnome disappearances in Washington state was solved when winds blew down a fence around the yard where they were being kept, authorities said.

Lisa Soneda of Mount Vernon said her daughter told her this month that the fence separating her back yard from that of her next-door neighbor had blown down to reveal an unusual sight, Seattle's KOMO-TV reported Thursday.

"I looked over the fence and I think the first thing I said was: 'Holy crap!'" she said.

"Lots and lots of gnomes," Soneda said of the spectacle. "I counted like 46."

Skagit County sheriff's deputies said the total was closer to 60, and many of the gnomes, as well as other garden accessories, were found to have been taken from the yards of neighbors.

http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2009/12/17/Deputies-Cache-of-60-stolen-gnomes-found/UPI-69101261085954/

[ProdigalJunkMail]

1. the 'thief' should be paid for services rendered

to the community in the name of decency and taste...

sP

[benld74]

2. Revenge of Travelocity users?

[FSogol]

3. "Gnome Cache" would be a good name for a band. n/t

[Botany]

4. i wonder if any were on the stove?

gnome on the range?

[MineralMan]

5. Security camera photos are leading to police looking for

these culprits.

[KittyWampus]

6. thread>useless without pictures.

[Liberal_in_LA]

7. lol n/t

[Liberal_in_LA]

8. so the neighbor saw a bunch of gnomes and called the cops? Theft would not have been my

1st assumption. Could have been a gnome collector.

[tomm2thumbs]

9. is that when they last saw Lieberman?

he's the one that looks the least life-like