Or a third improbable thing --

Maybe local news will cover the event, and Luke Kuechly, famed linebacker for the local team Carolina Panthers will show up to meet the Steem Gnome.

Luke does a commercial for a Home Security company in which he pops out of nowhere and catches a lawn gnome thrown toward the glass front door of a residence by a burglar.

So you see, its a natural! Luke Keuchly is closely associated with gnomes. Just google "Luke Keuchly lawn gnome" -- its a Thing!