The Massacre At Gnomesville

It really is too bad that there are people in this world who think they have a right to destroy other's property for kicks. A little bit of whimsy in Australia is the latest victim of vandals to make the news.

An unknown number of attackers lopped off the heads or smashed several dozen of the pot-bellied statues this week at Gnomesville, a collection of more than a 1,000 colourful characters deep in a forest south of Perth.

"We are incensed by the damage done to the gnomes and willing to pay a reward to catch the culprits," State Emergency Service Volunteer Association President Phillip Petersen told Reuters.

Six orange-coloured gnomes depicting emergency workers were among those destroyed, Petersen said, adding the reward was A$500 (200 pounds).

I hope they catch them. Some pictures of Gnomesville in happier days here, here and here.