BRITISH COLUMBIA — A gnome "kidnapped" from its Canada home nearly eight months ago is now back with its owner, who said the lawn ornament was returned along with a photo book of its apparent travels to the U.S. and Mexico.
The gnome, which went missing in December of last year, reappeared this Tuesday in a bag left on the driveway of its owner, Bev York of Highlands, British Columbia — a rural town in southwestern Canada, CTV News reported.
"I opened up the bag, and it had a beautiful book and story, and it just brought a smile to my face," York told CTV News. "It was so cute."
Whoever returned the small statue, named Leopold, appears to have put together a travelogue filled with photos of the gnome's adventures, such as along U.S. Route 66, at the Grand Canyon and on the beaches of Mexico.
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York told CTV News that she has no idea who was behind Leopold's trip through North America. The only hint she got was a photo showing a toddler cuddling with the gnome, but she said, "I don't recognize the little boy at all."
And though Leopold came back a little more worn looking than when he left, York said she wasn't upset.
"He had, it looks like, a big margarita, so he might've been damaged after that," she joked.
She added with a laugh that perhaps "they could've taken me instead of the gnome."
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