A dead end street in Mobile has become very busy the last couple of days because of people flocking to look at a tree.
The street is Lecren Street off of Bayshore Avenue. The crowds started gathering around sunset.
You could hear many people talking.
One said, "It's sitting ,uh, its sitting right up there, its right there. It's a face, a face, the eyes, the nose, the mouth, the frowning mouth."
Another says, "A leprechaun, it looked like, last night it looked just like a little leprecaun. Its still up there."
The people who see the "leprechaun" say you can see it better at night. And that's when the crowds really start coming out. One bystander says, "Now step back so you all can see it. If you just look right there in the middle you see it, right there, you see it, do you see it? Y'all see it?"
Another person says, "Looks like he's smiling right now."
Still another says, "I wanna see it. If its here, I wanna see it. When's it supposed to pop up?"
Ricardo Thomas lives across the street from the tree.
He says, "Actually, my brother came in from Atlanta last Sunday night and we were standing out, standing around, and he said, 'you're not going to believe this, but it looks like a man is up in that tree."
The crowds got so heavy, there were traffic jams.
Another person said, "I thought he tipped his hat."
Describing the crowds, Thomas said, " Looked like Mardi Gras. All we need is some floats."
Now, some people say they've seen the leprechaun and some people say they haven't, but one thing's for sure:; Nobody's found a pot of gold yet.
According to Irish folklore, if a leprechaun is caught by a mortal, the leprechaun will promise great wealth if he's alllowed to go free.
Source: http://www.wkrg.com/servlet/Satellite?p ... ws%21local
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