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[Half-Life] Is "Gnome Alone" canonical?

From a Watsonian perspective, did Gordon ACTUALLY take a garden gnome from a mine in the middle of nowhere and put it on a rocket? Or was that just an in-joke Valve added later?
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I mean, let's face it. Gordon doesn't have the most relaxing life. If he suddenly snapped and decided he needed to carry a garden gnome around for a little while to keep himself sane, could you really blame him?