I've taken the liberty of photoshopping this pic to elaborate my points:
A) Some sort of strange smoke is emitting from the ground where the leprachaun is standing. As far as I can see, there is no tinder where the smoke
originates from. There are no sticks, branches, or logs sitting where the smoke originates. What's even stranger, there isn't even a flame there
that should be creating the smoke! Since this is a wooded area, there should also be a circle of bricks or rocks to prevent wildfire, but as far as i
can see there is no such formation. Is this smoke being created by the "leprachaun?"
B) The smoke is behaving strangely in this picture. A normal stream of smoke will travel upwards because warm air rises at a rapid rate, causing moke
signals which were used in the old days. The smoke in this picture is instead, gathering and concentrating itself into a large ball of smoke. Is this
smoke perhaps magical?
C) The people in this picture seem to be fighting. These two people are male, you can tell by the short hair and pants. This picture originates from
the 1940's and it was very rare for women to wear male pants. Ok, so if these two people are male then they probably aren't being intimate with each
other on the ground. Instead, it looks like one male is in a dominant position over the other. The standing male has one hand over the other person's
throat, and the other hand is on their abdomen. Looks to me like he is forcing the man to the ground. The other male has his hand swiping at the top
man's face, while his legs are in a bent position as if he is trying to get up. Now if we link these two circumstances together, the smoke and the
fighting, can we safely say that this strange behaving smoke is causing this aggressive behaviour in the two men? This following quote is from
wikipedia:
... traditions, they are simply small, misshapen, mischievous sprites or goblins (with pointy caps). Some sources claim they spend the daytime as
toads instead of in stone and they are also said to have magical powers that make people feel sad or happy.
If they have magical powers to make people sad or happy, is it far-fetched to assume that they can also make people angry or aggressive?
D) My final point, is that the "leprachaun" does not look like an ordinary plastic lawn gnome. He is facing the two people, the smoke is originating
from him, and he's just standing there instead of adopting a hilarious pose that lawn gnomes are famous for. One last thing, look at his outfit. His
hat looks like a tophat and is not conical like a lawn gnome's. His clothing is white and black instead of alternating, colorful patterns usually
associated with lawn gnomes. If you were a carpenter that was making a decorative lawn gnome, would you give him a square hat, static pose, black and
white clothing, and attach a smoke machine to his feet? That kind of lawn gnome would sell as fast as a dirt-flavored popsicle.