Thanks for sharing these links Aleera! I haven't seen any of them before and didn't know there were videos of gnomes and such. These were very fascinating to me!

I enjoyed Dawn's comments and could see what she meant about various dubious things. There are always question marks when the video is not your own or from someone you know and trust.

Having said that, I tend toward believing these gnomes, etc., are real. I don't know if they are, but if I had to bet one way or another, I'd go ahead and say "yes" as they didn't look obviously faked. Also I reason that there are thousands of anecdotes on the internet alone (and tons of books) from people who seem very reasonable and sound of mind that share their stories about seeing these gnomes, trolls, goblins, etc. (often only one-off experiences, too). So I have no problem believing the phenomenon is real. Because if only ONE gnome sighting is true out of thousands, then gnomes exist. So to believe they do not exist at all would mean that 100% of people swearing to have experienced them would have to be lying or mistaken.

And lying is actually uncomfortable for humans, hence why lie-detectors work based on body stress. People naturally don't like to lie. It doesn't mean they can't or don't (as we well know ), but they have to be rather motivated to do it with good conviction. Sure, some people will create hoaxes, but I believe after delving into many tales of the paranormal, that it is quite rare that they do. There is just no big reward for it that out-weighs the discomfort of living in a lie. For MOST people that is true anyway IMO. So I play the odds and believe most things that are presented with sincerity and that I see aren't obviously faked (generally for a joke or tongue-in-cheek).

And sometimes I am wrong. Like Colmore Fairy Thing. Or so it seems. But this man's major hobby seems to be creating fantasies and I'm not sure he set out to deceive, though he also didn't state it was not real.

But, I believe that dimensions collide or awareness expands at times and people see things like this or happen to capture them on film. Heck, it happens to me, so I know that it is true.

For all the questionable aspects of these clips, I felt there were some things that would be difficult to fake. But who knows. Good clips. Thanks, Aleera.