Why Moria?

[davem]

Originally Posted by The Saucepan Man

Actually, there were. Bilbo and company found themselves at the business end of a few rocks hurled by Stone Giants as they crossed the Misty Mountains, and Gandalf considered the possibility of borrowing one such rock to stop up the entrance to Goblin-Town. Or are you suggesting (as has been suggested before) that the Stone Giants were a product of Bilbo's fertile imagination? If so, that's pure speculation and, in any event, contradicts the text as presented.

Interestingly (or not) the Graphic novel of The Hobbit actually depicts the Stone Giants hurling rocks.