We welcome back Chris Woodyard to discuss the very odd story of the Wollaton Gnomes - a 1979 reported sighting of little men in little cars by a group of children in a British park. 

Chris & Simon's podcast Boggarts & Banshees (Apple Podcasts)
Transcript of the gnome witness children's Interview (courtesy Simon Young)
Wollaton Hall (wiki)
Blog by Frank Earp, who claims to have investigated the gnomes  contemporary to the events. 
Laughing Gnome (1967) David Bowie song
The Original Fairy Investigation Society (wiki)
The reborn Fairy Investigation Society (facebook)
Fairy Census One
Fairy Census Two
George Harrison's Friar Park (and gnomes)
Gnomes (wiki)
Garden Gnomes (wiki)
Kabouter (wiki)
Klabautermann (wiki)
Paracelsus book about various spirits (wiki)
Tom Clark Gnomes (retail site)
Books (Affiliate Links):
Gnomes by Wil Huygen
The Wollaton Gnomes: A Nottingham Fairy Mystery by Dr. Simon Young (and others)
A is for Arsenic - by Chris Woodyard
Other books by Chris Woodyard
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