I'm pretty sure the dead aren't actually there - only haints, as Bill the Pony said [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]. They can't be touched (and we can be sure that Gollum has tried hard) and tying them to the will o'the wisp is significant - it's something that you see, but which isn't actually there, and will lead you into peril.
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Father, dear Father, if you see fit, We'll send my love to college for one year yet
Tie blue ribbons all about his head, To let the ladies know that he's married.
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