Moustari t1_j2feefl wrote on December 31, 2022 at 9:35 PM

Reply to comment by devo_inc in TIL there are people in France who have actually done time in jail for stealing garden gnomes in the name of The Garden Gnome Liberation Front by Koivosto

It's the other way around.

They began to free Garden Gnome in 1996.

Amélie Poulain was made in 2001.

SSSS_car_go t1_j2fg4dl wrote on December 31, 2022 at 9:48 PM

And The Traveling Gnome game actually started in the 1970s. History of Garden Gnomes

> The “Traveling gnome” is a game that dates back to the 1970s. It started when one traveler photographed two of his gnomes during his travel around Antarctica.

>It became widely popular during the 1990s, when a community in France named the Garden Gnome Liberation Front made a prank out of it, stealing gnomes and taking them traveling.

>The concept was to give the gnomes freedom they were believed to want.

>Thieves usually sent photographs of the gnomes to the owners, showing them that their minions were safe and sound, in their newly gained freedom and independence. This community dedicated itself to the purpose of “freeing garden gnomes.”