text: The Crichton Leprechaun (also the Mobile Leprechaun, Alabama Leprechaun) is a supposed sighting of a leprechaun in a tree in Crichton, a neighborhood of Mobile, Alabama following a 2006 news report filed at local NBC affiliate WPMI-TV. The video was posted to YouTube on St. Patrick's Day 2006 and became one of the first YouTube viral videos and was referenced in mainstream media. As of 2023, the video has over 28 million views.
  Since then the leprechaun has become an icon of the local community of Crichton. In 2023, the sign shop Sign Source started printing out cardboard cutouts of the Crichton Leprechaun and selling them, apparently with great success. An 8 foot tall version of the Crichton Leprechaun cutout is displayed outside of their store.
  Original WPMI-TV report
  The video was shot in the Mobile neighborhood of Crichton, located near Toulminville. The community is divided by Spring Hill Avenue into North Crichton and South Crichton, bounded generally by Mobile Street, Dauphin Street and Interstate 65. The leprechaun was purported to be seen in a tree on Le Cren Street near Bay Shore Avenue.