Another Reason For Leprechauns To Hide

Like the poor little guys don't have enough to worry about what with people trying to catch them so they'll reveal where they hid their gold. Or, in some cases, because they're always after the leprechaun's lucky charms. Besides, being that short must be nerve wracking in a world increasing populated by clods that don't watch where they put their feet. Now they really have something to get nervous about.

Michael Jackson.

Jackson's spokeswoman has blasted Irish reports that have the Grammy-winning roller-coaster enthusiast looking to open a leprechaun-themed amusement park on the Emerald Isle.

In a statement Thursday, rep Raymone K. Bain labeled the headlines "erroneous and ridiculous."

"Please check with this office before disseminating any information reported out of Ireland because most of the information reported thus far has been inaccurate," Bain implored.

As requested, Bain was contacted Friday, and asked about the singer's general feelings about leprechauns. (Per the under-attack Irish press, he loves the mischievous, but mythical sprites.) She declined comment.

"I am not even going to discuss that," Bain said.

The bane of Bain apparently is an item said to have originated in Ireland's Daily Mirror. MNSBC gossip Jeanette Walls recounted the article in her online column Thursday.

"He's always wanted to open his own theme park and he thinks Ireland is the perfect place and it will all be built around the leprechaun theme," a source tells the Daily Mirror, per Walls.

It is true that Jackson, who outfitted his own Peter Pan-inspired Neverland Valley Ranch with amusement rides and once starred in the Caption EO attraction at Disneyland, has looked to become a theme-park mogul. In the late 1990s, he had venues in the works in Brazil, Japan, Poland and Detroit. The Walt Disney moment, however, never happened.

The reputed Ireland idea–"Michael is deadly serious," says the Daily Mirror's source–is said to have originated from Jackson's interest in the Emerald Isle and its lore.

Michael Jackson scares heck out of me. The leprechauns must be terrified.