The Roving Maine Gnome

"Over the past three years, a Lewiston artist known only by the initials 'RG' has placed 500 gnomes on roadsides from Portland to Sunday River.

"On the top of the city of Auburn parking garage. In the bushes at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul. At the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village in New Gloucester, amid the tulips.

"'I'll keep a couple in my car,' RG said in an interview last week. 'If I'm somewhere, I'll look for an old stone or a tree trunk. I try not to be seen - that's the fun part.'

"They come with a note tied around the base - 'You found me, I'm yours. Keep me, place me someplace else.' — that encourages gnome-finders to take a picture and leave an update on his MaineGnome Maine page on Facebook."

A recent Sun Journal article reported on RG's gnome adventure.

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Sun Journal: Weird, Wicked Weird: Roving gnome artist (1 JUL 16)