Tiny footprints leading through the house… Quiet giggles from the other room… You whirl around to look but all you see is a mischievous blur from the corner of your eye. Are you losing your mind? No – it’s the gnomes.

It takes a big imagination to believe in the existence of beasts like Bigfoot or the Loch Ness Monster. But it takes an even bigger imagination to believe in some of the other cryptids that may have eluded scientists for centuries – gnomes, elves, leprechauns, and goblins.

Do little critters really walk among us? These photos provide incontrovertible evidence that yes, they do.