Gnome appears on Mount St. Helens

[Crash]

Gnome appears on Mount St. Helens

04:23 PM PDT on Tuesday, April 29, 2008

By KING5.com Staff


MOUNT ST. HELENS - An unusual visitor stopped by Mount St. Helens Tuesday.

Someone placed a gnome in front of the webcam at the Johnston Ridge Observatory. The camera broadcasts near real-time images of the mountain online, recorded at an elevation of roughly 4,500 feet.

The webcam is about 5 miles from the volcano itself.

The folks at Mount St. Helens aren't sure how the gnome got there.

But a webmaster for Forest Service credits the gnome for clearing the heavy snowfall that has blocked the views of Mount St. Helens for much of the winter.

In an e-mail to KING 5, USDA Forest Service Webmaster Dennis Lapcewich wrote: "We appreciate the efforts of the VolcanoCamGnome in clearing a view for all the world to see, even if the view is dark clouds today, and probably the rest of the week. I have no idea how long he will remain there, considering access to the JRO (Johnston Ridge Observatory) is all but impossible except by Forest Service Snow cat. He may remain a while until the snowdrift underneath him melts away."

I'm wondering, Mount St. Helens is in Washington, and so is Valve. I wonder if a Half-Life fan is responsible....

original story here

 

[saratos]

Lol, what a weird story.

 

[Lokizen]

White Forest is in Washington!!!!!

 

[Escaep]

Does that sign say something? I can't read it.

 

[ríomhaire]

He'll have to do better than that to get the achievement.

 

[kupocake]

Not Likely.

 

[nurizeko]

I thought it was that creepy real life gnome that attacks people in some south american city, it was awesome, there was a video of some teenagers getting stuff thrown at them by it and one of them screamed like a girl.


I think it was posted here and one of you dolts posted it as being a Halo grunt, noob.

 

[Andrew LB]

White Forest is in Washington!!!!!

To be fair, the reference photography Valve used to create white forest more than likely came from photographs of the Cascade Mountains in Washington State.

 

[f_combineftw]

Gnome appears on Mount St. Helens

04:23 PM PDT on Tuesday, April 29, 2008

By KING5.com Staff


MOUNT ST. HELENS - An unusual visitor stopped by Mount St. Helens Tuesday.

Someone placed a gnome in front of the webcam at the Johnston Ridge Observatory. The camera broadcasts near real-time images of the mountain online, recorded at an elevation of roughly 4,500 feet.

The webcam is about 5 miles from the volcano itself.

The folks at Mount St. Helens aren't sure how the gnome got there.

But a webmaster for Forest Service credits the gnome for clearing the heavy snowfall that has blocked the views of Mount St. Helens for much of the winter.

In an e-mail to KING 5, USDA Forest Service Webmaster Dennis Lapcewich wrote: "We appreciate the efforts of the VolcanoCamGnome in clearing a view for all the world to see, even if the view is dark clouds today, and probably the rest of the week. I have no idea how long he will remain there, considering access to the JRO (Johnston Ridge Observatory) is all but impossible except by Forest Service Snow cat. He may remain a while until the snowdrift underneath him melts away."

I'm wondering, Mount St. Helens is in Washington, and so is Valve. I wonder if a Half-Life fan is responsible....

original story here

dear god he got out of the damn missile!!! run for your lives! :bounce:

 

[Ridge]

Looks like the plate says I WILL something...