Hobbits Are Real?

[Ames]

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=198867&page=1

Teh spookay..

 

[Ecthe|ioN]

I knew Bilbo was real !!

 

[Steve]

real...but apparently so STUPID they went extinct...stupid hobbitses

 

[Burn]

Freaky..

edit: makes sence when you think about it, alot of stuff was smaller back then...

 

[kaf11]

very interesting. regardless, i fear the little people to this day...

 

[Ecthe|ioN]

real...but apparently so STUPID they went extinct...stupid hobbitses

No wonder, considering their love for the brewing of ale, and the smoking of weed.

 

[gh0st]

i wonder how big their penises are.

 

[[Matt]]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3948165.stm

 

[[Matt]]

Even more intriguing is the fact that Flores' inhabitants have incredibly detailed legends about the existence of little people on the island they call Ebu Gogo.

The islanders describe Ebu Gogo as being about one metre tall, hairy and prone to "murmuring" to each other in some form of language. They were also able to repeat what islanders said to them in a parrot-like fashion.

"There have always been myths about small people - Ireland has its Leprechauns and Australia has the Yowies. I suppose there's some feeling that this is an oral history going back to the survival of these small people into recent times," said co-discoverer Peter Brown, an associate professor of archaeology at New England.

The last evidence of this human at Liang Bua dates to just before 12,000 years ago, when a volcanic eruption snuffed out much of Flores' unique wildlife.

Yet there are hints H. floresiensis could have lived on much later than this. The myths say Ebu Gogo were alive when Dutch explorers arrived a few hundred years ago and the very last legend featuring the mythical creatures dates to 100 years ago.

But Henry Gee, senior editor at Nature magazine, goes further. He speculates that species like H.floresiensis might still exist, somewhere in the unexplored tropical forest of Indonesia.

omg

 

[FoB_Ed]

Wha..what's taters, precious? whats taters eh?

 

[oldagerocker]

did someone say potatoes?

Good ol' Hobbits! You gotta love 'em. :cheese:

"He speculates that species like H.floresiensis might still exist, somewhere in the unexplored tropical forest of Indonesia."

Wow... there could be real hobbits, hiding in the jungle, completely unaware of our existance and us completely unaware of theirs. :monkee:

 

[Ecthe|ioN]

Po-ta-toes

Boil em, mash em, stick em in a stew ..

Edit: Damn. Got beaten by a flash ..

 

[Steve]

they might still exist? maybe we can buy them as pets!

 

[Foxtrot]

they might still exist? maybe we can buy them as pets!

What is even more amazing is that the potato song still exists. And what happened to my post about me being afraid of little people attacking me with their teeth? I lost it somewhere.

 

[Farrowlesparrow]

"The fact that little people feature in the legends of modern Flores islanders suggests we might have to take tales of Leprechauns and Yeti more seriously."


I thought yeti were meant to be big...ha, it makes the mental picture I have of them, so much funnier.

 

[Steve]

"The fact that little people feature in the legends of modern Flores islanders suggests we might have to take tales of Leprechauns and Yeti more seriously."


I thought yeti were meant to be big...ha, it makes the mental picture I have of them, so much funnier.

yeah...picturing little yetis...like ewoks! now, i would definitely buy an ewok.

 

[oldagerocker]

You never know when you'll need an ewok around, they are pretty good at taking out Atats. And you really never do know when one of them will turn up.

 

[Farrowlesparrow]

Yeah. I'd buy a few and breed them to form an army. It worked in starwars. The ewoks beat a technologically, highly advanced army...using sticks, stones and some tree trunks.


Edit: Heh, nice post oldagerocker

 

[ManHacks]

hmm, i wonder if they will have some predictions of what they looked like, kinda like what they did with dinosaurs. This also helps back up a lot of evolution theories.

What does the yetti have to do with finding mini human skulls? Wouldnt it be the other way around?

 

[nw909]

yeah...picturing little yetis...like ewoks! now, i would definitely buy an ewok.

Yub-yub, icha yub-nub

 

[Steve]

yeah...they're kinda like the ethiopians of the star wars universe. (am i mistaken? didn't the ethiopians with a battle against the italians in wwII?)

 

[Dalamari]

I think I know the reason they went extinct....

Ever see a female hobbit? Not the most attractive thing to look at, let alone reproduce with....

 

[Steve]

I think I know the reason they went extinct....

Ever see a female hobbit? Not the most attractive thing to look at, let alone reproduce with....

i dunno...i'd do that one that samwise married. because i'm a freak. and i'm into short chicks.

 

[Ames]

i dunno...i'd do that one that samwise married. because i'm a freak. and i'm into short chicks.

I can just imagine it....

"Aye, 'tis a leprechaun in me pants."

 

[The Dark Elf]

Pretty cool discovery.. Always said there was likely "some" truth in LotR's.

Wonder if the ring is real too lol

 

[jaguar_987]

Yea this discovery is pretty cool, what I found quite funky though was the fact that their from the same Island as elephants the size of ponies and big lizards (not Godzilla). So the news says anyway lol.

 

[Ecthe|ioN]

Yea this discovery is pretty cool, what I found quite funky though was the fact that their from the same Island as elephants the size of ponies and big lizards (not Godzilla). So the news says anyway lol.

Maybe they'll find Oliphants and Orc skeletons next.

 

[KidRock]

did someone say potatoes?

Good ol' Hobbits! You gotta love 'em. :cheese:

"He speculates that species like H.floresiensis might still exist, somewhere in the unexplored tropical forest of Indonesia."

Wow... there could be real hobbits, hiding in the jungle, completely unaware of our existance and us completely unaware of theirs. :monkee:

omg hahahahhhahahahahhaha

 

[PunisherUSA]

umm... why the hell is everyone calling them hobbits? How about a an island with inbred selection of dwarfism or midgetism? Wait... now people will call them dwarves, doh!

 

[Raziaar]

You guys act like you were shocked that little people existed. Heck, we have lots of them nowadays! One particular group are called pygmies!

 

[Steve]

You guys act like you were shocked that little people existed. Heck, we have lots of them nowadays! One particular group are called pygmies!

yeah but they're black. everybody knows there are no black hobbits. hell, were there ANY black people in LotR?

 

[Raziaar]

yeah but they're black. everybody knows there are no black hobbits. hell, were there ANY black people in LotR?

Yes. the armies that controlled the Oliphaunts. Its realistic, they were from the south, just like africa. Its not racists in any way.

 

[Steve]

yeah...but they were EVIL...so black people are evil, huh JRR?

 

[Direwolf]

I think it was more meant in the vein that black is the color of evil, and always has been. Not as in their skin is black so they must be evil.
Anywho, these guys are not just midgets. Or even pygmies. They're an entire different species of hominid, and aren't what we'd call human.

 

[Tr0n]

What the hell guys...didn't you know they were real?Hell I knew that for a long time...

 

[Raziaar]

yeah...but they were EVIL...so black people are evil, huh JRR?

They were not Evil. Granted, I didn't read the books, but I got the impression that they were mercenaries, nothing more, nothing less.

 

[Mr-Fusion]

They evolved into dwarfs, like the elephants on the island, because small creatures had a better chance of survival on a remote island where there was little food and no major predators.

That's awesome!

Lets clone some of these hobbit guys!