Mom, I caught a gnome and he’s in the closet!

*True story. I work with the lady who this happened to.*

Lady is at work, when her 22 year old son who has severe autism calls her.

Son: "Mom, I caught a gnome!"

Mom brushes off the gnome comment, and tells the son she'll be home for lunch in an hour.

Son: "But Mom!! I caught a gnome! It's in the closet!"

Again, mom brushes off son and tells him she'll be home in an hour.

An hour later, she comes home to find her son pushing skittles under the closet door. The closet is closed – and an assortment of furniture and appliances are jammed against it, making any exit or entry nigh impossible.

Son: "Mom! There is a gnome in the closet and I'm feeding him skittles!"

Mom removes all the furniture from against the closet and opens the door, to find a dwarf standing there.

The man is a Jehovah's Witness, and was proselyting door-to-door, when the autistic boy thought he was a gnome, forced him in the closet and proceeded to keep him alive on skittles.

The lady said the dwarf was really nice about it – realizing the kid had severe autism.

Hey – at least he got skittles out of it. I'd sit in a closet for an hour for free skittles.

 Love,
Brittney