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This section contains descriptions of unexplained facts provided by eyewitnesses or published in the media, as well as the results of their analysis by the group.

Gnome. Canada

ID	#1600080942
Added	Mon, 14/09/2020
Author	July N.
Sources	thinkaboutitdocs.com Mark Chorvinsky, Fate January 1994
Phenomena	Gnome
Status	Research

Initial data

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Incident date:

1971

Location:

Canada

Two young native Americans who came to a dance at a local Church met a short two-foot (0.6 m) grotesque man with a hair-covered face, apparently inside the Church.

Soon the Church was evacuated, and everyone feared that the collision would be followed by death.

* Interpreted as "Mekumwasuck" in Indian folklore Passamaquoddy: "Little forest man".

Original news

Date: 1971
Location: Ontario, Canada, exact location not given
Time: evening
Summary: Two young local Indians attending a dance at the local church encountered a short two-foot tall grotesque little man with its face covered with hair, apparently inside the church. Soon the church was evacuated and everyone feared a death would follow the encounter.
(Interpreted as a “Mekumwasuck” in Passamaquoddy Indian Folklore: “A little man of the forest.”
Source: Mark Chorvinsky, Fate January 1994

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