[Gorin Icearms]

I just thought of something that proves (at least in my mind [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]) why it couldn't have been Gollum. I have little doubt Gollum didn't fear Moria (he was tortured in Barad-dur, remember?) so a bunch of orcs probably didn't scare him. (Yes there was a Balrog but he didn't know that. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img])

1. The Doors of Durin. There's not much chance that Gollum knew any Elvish so he wouldn't have been able to open the door (which was smashed anyway).

2. Frodo hears the footsteps on the first day in Moria. If Gollum had been following since the ferry someone would have seen/heard him.

3. If it had been Gollum, the Elves in Imladris would've caught him sneaking around. If he went ahead how would he know where they were going?

I could go on but I'm tired. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] I didn't get much sleep last night.

(And if I sounded terse, sorry, I didn't mean to. [img]smilies/redface.gif[/img])