Dutch police recently discovered something very peculiar during a fairly ordinary sort of drug bust.
They found a garden gnome much more valuable than your average, made entirely out of MDMA and weighing in at about 2 kilograms. The little guy was composed of enough Molly to split into about 8,000 ecstasy pills.
“Many of us are aware that drugs come in many shapes and sizes,” the cops said in a social media post, “but every now and then we come across special things.”
Lawn gnomes have long been known for their influence on psychedelic culture. Although MDMA is not considered to be a classic psychedelic like psilocybin or DMT, it is renowned for having powerful effects on users comparable to those that they induce.
Back in 1967, Pink Floyd released a song titled “The Gnome” on its album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. Many users of psychoactive substances like LSD and peyote have listened to this famous band’s music to enhance their psychedelic experiences.
Some even claim to have encountered celestial gnomes and elves during their voyages under the influence.
It is not uncommon to find depictions of the yard ornaments in psychedelic art, often surrounded by Amanita muscaria toadstools.
Gnome, from the Latin 'gēnomos' meaning 'earth dweller'. In folklore they live underground, guarding vast treasure. Although, in Druidry, we know them to be elementals/ nature spirits
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Kelowna man had trippy gnome experience this year
A British Columbia resident was planning on getting rid of his garden gnomes at a garage sale this summer, but they mysteriously vanished. He looked outside one day and there was only one remaining when there were 10 previously.
They had been sitting in his yard for about a decade and had little value to him.
Kelly Blair had a friendly old lady show up at his door one day after their disappearance and ask him to follow her out to the street. When she opened up the trunk of her car his missing gnomes were in front of his face, meticulously repainted.
It turns out that the gnome thieves were actually anonymous members of a group known as the Gnome Restoration Society. It is mostly comprised of retired people who need something decent to do in their spare time, the lady explained.
“Thank you to the Gnome Restoration Society people, whoever you are, wherever you are,” Blair said. He plans on holding onto them now and wasn’t upset that they snuck into his yard.
Nice and refurbished. Photo credit: Kelly Blair
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