Hundreds of tiny gnomes hidden across town 'to make people' smile'
Michael owns Geeks 'n' Gizmos, a shop selling 3D printed gaming miniatures, and began making the creatures for his daughter. The gnomes are tiny, between two and three centimetres tall.
Michael said he has been inundated with messages since residents began discovering the gnomes.He said there have been "so many people wanting to find them, saying they're gonna go out just to look for gnomes."The shop owner said he plans to keep making them for his daughter to hide, and has encouraged people to take photos of the gnomes and post them online."It could be a little happy thing for Accrington town I think. It keeps her happy, and makes other people happy as well," he said.
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