Garden Gnomes And Other Creatures

This post was inspired by a link my older brother found about a garden gnome that was "kidnapped" and sent on a holiday of a lifetime around the world. Photos of the kidnapped gnome in exoctic locations started sufacing on the web......but the story does have a happy ending. He was returned to his garden looking just as fresh as the day he went missing. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1043552/Gnome-Stolen-garden-elf-returned-7-month-adventure-world.html

A sneak preview of the gnome (called Murphy) is shown on the left standing outside the Sydney Opera House. But not all stories have happy endings. One gnome was kidnapperd and held for $10,000 ransom! http://bigpondnews.com/articles/OddSpot/2010/06/03/Kidnapped_gnome_is_a_pint-sized_mystery_469148.html unfortunately the article doesn't say whether the Australian couple paid the ransom or whether the gnome was returned in one piece. Read the article and see if you can solve the mystery. And it doesn't get any better than this........a google search on "kidnapped gnome" brings up a spate of articles such as: "Have you kidnapped a gnome today?" "Kidnapped Gnomes: Have you seen me?" and the best one of all "Garden Gnome meets Paris Hilton".