[Feanor of the Peredhil]

I have a dilemma. In my Trilogy class (*smugly thinks how lucky I am*) there are a few Resident Wizards. We know more about the books than everyone else, but the problem is, if we have a question, nobody else can answer it. And if we involve characters that give away the plot in the question, we lose average points.

My question concerns the Old Forest (that's the chapter that we are on now). It claims that the queerest part of the forest is the Withywindle valley, and that the valley is where all of the queerness comes from. What makes that part of the forest the queerest? Bombadil? He's weird yeah, but you wouldn't think that he could eminate that kind of aura. Any ideas?