EXPERT CLAIMS ELVES ARE REAL

EXPERT CLAIMS ELVES ARE REAL

ROME (Wireless Flash) -- Most folks don't believe in Santa but you better start believing in elves. That's the word from the man whose early 1970s book, "The Secret Life Of Plants," popularized the idea of talking to flowers. Nature expert named Peter Tompkins claims elves are real -- right down to their green suits and red hats. But he says they're not Santa's slaves: They're in charge of maintaining all of the grasses on Earth. Tompkins says right now the elves are mad at humans because our chemicals are destroying their environment and they're protesting by refusing to tend grass in polluted areas. If their movement is left unchecked, Tompkins warns the planet will become a desert, although the elves are willing to return the planet to its former glory if we get rid of all the chemicals.