No discussion concerning "the little people" would be complete without including gnomes. By the way, did you know the largest garden gnome in the world sits in Poland and is almost 18 feet tall?
You may have heard of or even participated at one time in “Gnoming,” the practice of stealing garden gnomes as a prank. The traveling gnome prank involves stealing a gnome, taking pics of it in front of famous places and sending the pics anonymously to the owner.
The various types of gnomes are many, including Woodland Gnomes, the aforementioned Garden Gnome, Dune Gnome, House Gnome, Farm Gnome, etc. (you get the point, there are a lot of them). Statue representations of them look so cute as an ornamental item outside of your home. There's nothing to fear from a gnome, right? But I'm not talking about statues but rather the evil gnome creature, known for their mischief and pranks, thieves of small items and who are not above tripping people on a perfect flat surface or putting sharp objects underfoot where there had previously been none. Be sure not to get in the way of their intentions otherwise you might subject yourself to harm. There are tales in English folklore of malevolent gnomes who inhabit the abandoned countryside castles and have been suspected of murdering unsuspecting travelers. They are said to resemble old men with large teeth, red eyes and wearing hats that have been dyed red from their victims' blood.
So, what exactly are gnomes supposed to be? They are considered to be one of the elementals of the earth in humanoid form, no more than 18 inches in height, tasked with the responsibility of keeping watch over precious gems and minerals. Elementals are reported to be like humans in that they are sentient and must eat and sleep but yet occupy the designation described as between spirit and corporeal, lacking a soul. They are said to have the ability to live and breathe within solid rock and earth. Debate rages on as to them actually being real, but I myself am an elemental experiencer while exploring an abandoned, dark, 200 ft long railroad tunnel carved out of a section of a mountain at high elevation in the Rockies. Deep inside, I visually observed a small part of the tunnel's rock wall suddenly move, and simultaneously was gently shoved backwards by an unknown force. I felt no touch or contact on my body yet I was forced backwards as if I were off balance and had to take several steps to regain my balance. My immediate reaction to this event and an audibly evident vocalization was to take it for what it was... a warning to get out of the tunnel, which I heeded. Later audio capture analysis of this event revealed an EVP consisting of two words with vocal tone, "go back!" If you care to listen to this evp you can find it in the following link, right after you hear me documenting my movements by saying "looking up at that entrance up there." (turn up your volume to hear this evp) The elemental voicing seemed omnidirectional in that tunnel and not a focused source coming from the movement point of the rock.
https://soundcloud.com/moon-joey/elemental-in-cave-warns-me-go-back
It is necessary for me to note that I record my EVPs in WAV format and in stereo to preserve the integrity and full richness of the audio without compression, placing my recorders/mics on a stable source (not hand held). I then analyze the EVP (only if it contains vocal tone as this one does) on a sound spectrogram, inspecting it for signs of actual speech. This helps identify and eliminate non-voiced sounds coming from mechanical or animal sources. You may not understand the following analysis results if not familiar with this method, but those that are may find it intriguing. The spectrogram shows that the auditorily perceived elemental words ('go' and 'back') have a 'voice bar' which is indicative of a vibratory source that is usually produced by the vocal chords. The word 'go' has no evidence of a 'plosive' at its beginning due to the frequency weakness of the beginning of this word however the 'F2 vowel formant' is evident. The 'plosive' component of the word "back" is evident, as well as the 'F2 vowel formant' and the 'glottal stop' for the last letter 'k' in the word back. The 'F1 formant' value averages approximately 300 hz which is indicative of a male voice. What this seems to reveal is a possible validation of the hypothesis that elementals may be like humans, at least in their verbalizations and vocal structures, and what is being perceived to have been said is probably accurate based on this phonetic analysis. I find these facts excitedly interesting!
The most popular public perception of a gnome is the traditional little being with the red hat. While I have my doubts as to the authenticity of the following video, it is an amusing one. It concerns an attack by a group of evil gnomes on a pair of police officers in an isolated area . DAVE SCOTT, WHO SITS IN THE CAPTAIN'S CHAIR AT "SPACED OUT RADIO," THIS ONE IS FOR YOU!!! You may even get a good chuckle out of it. I know I did.
https://youtu.be/lqimT8KxGfo
Stories and religious beliefs about "Little People" are common to many if not most Native American tribes in the West.
The "Teihiihan" were a race of dwarves, legend describing them as preying on Native tribes living on the plains of Wyoming and Colorado. Although the size of children and with dark skin, they were said to be aggressive and non-social creatures, cannibalistic and possessing great strength. Stories tell of them finally being defeated and eradicated by conflict with Arapaho & other tribes of the areas, who knew to be sure to also destroy the creatures' hearts, which the Teihiihan could remove and store away to prevent fatal harm to themselves.
The "Nimerigar" a.k.a. "people eaters," are of Crow and Shoshone legend and inhabiting the mountain areas of Wyoming. These violent and ferocious dwarves, approximately 18 inches tall, would attack anyone who came near their mounds with poisoned arrows. Their aggressive nature included the practice of killing their own kind should any fall ill, usually by a heavy blow to the head. Interestingly enough, explorer Merriweather Lewis noted observing these very creatures, describing them with the word "deavals." The Lakota people who came to live near the "Spirit Mound" of the deavals tell of a band of 350 warriors that once approached the mound late one night, being attacked by the Nimerigar, resulting in most of the warriors being killed, a few survivors escaping with grave and crippling injuries. Even today, some Crow maintain the "Little People" still exist, leaving offerings as they pass certain areas of legend. Eyewitnesses/experiencers are not relegated only to Native Americans as there have been reports from ranch owners and hands, and hunters as well.
Not limited to North America, little people of other areas take on different names. One of the most popular names is "duende."
Filipinos believe in "Duendes," which frequently live in rocks and caves, old trees, even the unoccupied, empty and dark parts of a house. Said to be good or evil dependent on their white or black color respectively, children shockingly often report innocently playing with such creatures and coming away unharmed!
Some Latin Americans believe the Duendes are helpers of people who get lost in the forest so they could find their way home, in contrast to Portugese folklore of a forest goblin of small stature wearing a big hat, whistling a mystical song and are believed to lure young girls and boys to the forest causing them to lose their way home.
The Chamarro, the indigenous people of the Mariana Islands, talk of a dwarf-like goblin which lies in hiding and springing out to surprise and take unsupervised small children at play.
In the American Southwest and Mexico, duendes are said to live inside the walls of homes, especially the bedrooms of young children. They approach and clip the toenails of unkempt children in their sleep and sometimes even removing entire toes (keep those feet under the covers, kids)! In extreme reported cases the children have been eaten!
No doubt many of the above stories involving children appear to be meant to scare children into preventing them from wandering off away from the safety of their home surroundings. While you or I may not buy into the above stories, nonetheless it is the mythology that establishes the validity of such beliefs. It is interesting to note the similarities of stories of these creature coming from different corners of the globe and separated by great distances, some of which were so vast at the time of their conception, that it is difficult to justify the possibility of collaborative story telling. There are strong beliefs among indigenous cultures that it is possible to influence the course of events by means involving the supernatural. Lacking empirical experimental results or evidence to date that would support any views of such creatures, a question can still be posed as to why they might actually exist:
WHAT IF THE PARANORMAL IS A PART OF NATURE, A FIELD OF PURE POTENTIALITY CONSISTING OF UNMANIFESTED OR UNASSIGNED ENERGY, ENTERING THROUGH A WEAKEND MEMBRANE SEPARATING OUR WORLD FROM ANOTHER ... A PLACE WHERE THE RULES AS WE KNOW THEM DO NOT APPLY?
- MoonJoey
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