Anomalous Creatures - Part 1

For those of you have listened to the first two shows of The Paranomalists, you probably know that I've developed something of a fascination with that mischievous imp, the Argentinean Gnome. If you haven't already seen this little guy, here's the YouTube link: Gnome Video.

As you may also know from our podcasts, my friend and fellow Paranomalist, Ash Hamilton, and I own a small web and graphic design company called Alchemy Labs Digital. Ash does the graphic design, and I do the coding & programming (the exciting stuff). In addition to static graphics, Ash is also very experienced and proficient in computer animation, 3D modeling and video editing. So in effect, we have an in-house expert in CGI here at theparanomalists.com (you can check out more of Ash's work at www.ashhamilton.com).

After hours of viewing and studying this video, and drawing upon his experience and training, Ash has come to a couple of conclusions: 1) he does not feel that the creature shown is a computer-generated creation; and 2) the proportions of this being are much smaller than a normal human being or even a person born with dwarfism. So, if this creature that is not a CGI creation, it is not a full-sized human being, and it definitely does not have 'typical' dwarf proportions, then what we are seeing is a primordial dwarf, or, it is indeed a Gnome.

Now, I know that the latter concept is pretty "out there" for a lot of people; the idea that this creature is actually a Gnome (for lack of a better term — but geez, I mean, it does have the pointy hat and all). However, is the idea that this being is actually a primordial dwarf skulking around in the bushes at 1:00 AM (when this was reportedly filmed) along a remote rural road in Argentina, dressed in full Gnome-garb, much less far-fetched? Bear in mind that primordial dwarfism is an exceedingly rare condition, with only about 100 documented cases of the condition worldwide. You would think that if there was a primordial dwarf that lived in the area he or she would be well-known and the first person that the locals would assume was pulling this prank (apparently other townsfolk have seen this creature as well as the young men who captured it on their video phone).

So let's entertain the notion that this creature is, in fact, an actual Gnome or some type of anomalous, humanoid creature. If you have an interest in such things - bigfoot, yeti, mothman, ufos/aliens, and the like - then it shouldn't be too much of a stretch to entertain the idea that this is some type of unidentified humanoid creature. So let's say for a moment that we believe that is indeed what was caught on the video by this group of Argentinean teens. If this is the case, then where do such creatures come from? I assume this being must have a dwelling someplace, a Gnome "base of operations", as Ash put it. Is this, then, some kind of as-yet-unidentified intelligent humanoid species that occupies this planet with us? And how is it that we haven't captured one, or found a carcass, or stumbled across it's domicile or nest or Gnome-hole? (no snickering, please).

However, these same questions can be asked regarding other accounts of anomalous beings or animals. In the following posts I'm going to discuss a number of these sightings, as well as relate some experiences that have happened to people close to us, such as:

• Ash's mom's thunderbird sighting in Illinois


• My wife's sasquatch encounter, right here in New Jersey


• The assault of the infamous "white thing" on Ash's mom's cousin

I'll go in to more depth in my next Anomalous Creatures post, but let me leave you with a couple of statements and my personal opinion on the matter. First off, I am not, nor are my fellow Paranomalists Ash and Mark, the types of people that believe each and every report of a strange encounter or paranormal event that we hear of. I feel that we at theparanomalists.com have a pretty healthy amount of skepticism regarding the entire subject area. While it's obviously foolish to take all reports of paranormal phenomena at face value 100% of the time, we feel that it is equally silly and narrow-minded to dismiss all such reports of anomalous creature sightings as delusions, misidentifications, or lies. For such accounts that are truthful and valid, it is my opinion that we're looking at beings and creatures that are inter-dimensional - ie., they have the ability to cross over from their 'plane of reality' or dimension, into ours.

We'll pick up with that idea in the next post. Meanwhile, I invite and welcome your opinions, thoughts, criticisms, and would certainly love to hear about any personal experience that you might have had with anomalous beings or creatures. Until then, thanks for reading.

- John