Ents in the Shire...

[lotrfreak90]

I know this is kinda out of place but anyone in here like the forest so much and like tolkien so much that they belive ents exsist or did at one time? They way tolkien talks about some of his writing you never know (-;

[The Perky Ent]

I do not believe there is physical evidence to support that ents are in the world. However, I feel that in forests, there's always a hidden presense. Just my opinion...

[Boromir88]

Firefoot

I've actually wondered the same thing. Like maybe the lost Entwives or something?

I've always speculated the same way. Thought if Hal did see those walking Treepeople they were the Entwives. I mean as Treebeard describes the Entwives The Shire seems like a place they would enjoy and love. Also, if you listen to Bombadil he explains there will be inhabitants in the Shire after all the Hobbits are gone/extict so to say. This is just speculation by me though, there really is no proof that they were Entwives, or even if Hal did see these walking trees, which I don't see where a Hobbit would just make up the idea of a Walking Tree.

Teleri

The way he said it sort of reminded me of the Elves "fading" and going west. Perhaps the Entwives are waiting for the Ents in the west. That would explain them being lost.

You see a lot of that in Tolkien, with a lot of races. As the strength of men grow and become stronger the other races begin to fade. You have elves leaving Middle-earth, dwarves are a dwindling race with very few women, now you just brought up the Ents.

[lotrfreak90]

must there be physical evidence for something to exist?

just a thought

[Encaitare]

must there be physical evidence for something to exist?

Of course not. But the point is that Ents, no matter how awesome they are, are fictional. I wish there were Ents around, though.

However, I feel that in forests, there's always a hidden presense. Just my opinion...

Yes, indeed. The woods are just so beautiful and natural, I get that feeling too.

[ninlaith]

I think there very well could have been Ents in the Shire. Treebeard said that the Entwives would like the place Merry and Pippin had described to him. And another thing, Merry always liked the forests in the Shire. He said he would run through the tress with his hands reaching up trying to touch the leaves and it was almost like the trees bent over just for him. So I think there were Ents in the Shire.

[Hookbill the Goomba]

I will propose this theory;
Trebeard says that at one point all forests and woods were connected in one big forest thing. So, as they got cut off from each other some may have stayed in their own sections. For example; Lets assume for arguments sake, that Old Man Willow was an Ent who had become tree ish, He may have been part of a larger ent community that slowly got separated.
Also, with this theory, I like to imagine that there are Ents in Mirk-Wood, Troll shaw and possibly Lorien. Ets were a world wide organisation, so to speak. Although many will have become Tree-ish.

(please don’t slaughter me for the "Old man willow is an ent" comment, its just to help make the theory clearer, it doesn’t necessarily have to be true)

[lotrfreak90]

old man willow could have been an ent (like the point) but couldnt he also have been a tree that started to wake(remember the old forest and the tree at treebeards home)