How did a penguin end up in 🕷️Shelob's lair?

[Lúthien Séregon]

Also, did anyone notice that lamb that was hanging behind Frodo when he left his sword behind? At least, if it wasn’t a lamb it looked a whole lot like one…

 

[Eledhwen]

Also, did anyone notice that lamb that was hanging behind Frodo when he left his sword behind? At least, if it wasn’t a lamb it looked a whole lot like one…

From the flocks grazing on the Emyn Muil?

 

[HLGStrider]

I bet they just went to the nearest Taxadermist and took everything he had, wrapped it in gauze, and stuck it up there for that scene.

 

[Eledhwen]

I bet they just went to the nearest Taxadermist and took everything he had, wrapped it in gauze, and stuck it up there for that scene.

Here's your answer...

NEWS ITEM FROM THE WELLINGTON POST... Police admitted to being baffled by the mysterious disappearances from the unique antipodean collection held at the Wellington Museum of Natural History. A prize exhibit of a marsupial penguin was among the exhibits that have gone missing.

Forensic experts have taken casts of footprints from under a broken window. "It's a real puzzle" said Inspector Stump, "The footprints were barefoot, so our investigations are leaning towards it being the work of a real nutter, or a very silly prank indeed. I mean, what would anyone want with a load of stuffed museum exhibits?"

It was only last week that researchers from New Line Cinema visited the museum for inspiration for the upcoming third installment of the Lord of the Rings trilogy "The Return of the King". They will, of course, be deeply disappointed at the museum's loss.

Anyone who has any information at all is asked to contact Inspector Stump in the strictest confidence at Wellington Police HQ, or email his executive detectives on stumped(a)NZpolice.com

 

[Niirewen]

Ha ha, Eledhwen!

 

[HLGStrider]

Ooooh, I like! I like!


Arrest Jackson! The Penguin theif!

 

[Rhiannon]

I didn't think it was a penquin- penquins are bigger, for one thing- and I just assumed it had flown in and gotten entangled.

 

[Greenwood]

It wasn't a penguin. Looked to me like a member of the Sulidae. Assuming it was a New Zealand bird since the movies were filmed there, I would guess an Australasian Gannet (Morus serrator). Gannets fly quite well and nest on cliffs along the seashore. Next time I see the film I will try to remember to look more closely. End of professional lecture.

 

[Eledhwen]

It wasn't a penguin. Looked to me like a member of the Sulidae. Assuming it was a New Zealand bird since the movies were filmed there, I would guess an Australasian Gannet (Morus serrator). Gannets fly quite well and nest on cliffs along the seashore. Next time I see the film I will try to remember to look more closely. End of professional lecture.

Do you work at the Wellington Natural History Museum? Have they caught them yet? (see above)

 

[joxy]

Here's your answer...The footprints were barefoot, so our investigations are leaning towards it being the work of a real nutter, or a very silly prank indeed.

I seem to remember a real barefoot nutter doing a very silly prank indeed somewhere else.
Now who was that?