I Found the Entwives!

[Nerwen]

So... the cryptid in question was not an Ent as such, but may have started out as a tree-sized giant- the concept which eventually morphed into Ents.

Would you accept that as the even shorter version, Galin?

[Galin]

Originally Posted by Nerwen

So... the cryptid in question was not an Ent as such, but may have started out as a tree-sized giant- the concept which eventually morphed into Ents.

Would you accept that as the even shorter version, Galin?

Well, I certainly like the word cryptid in any case! Though the ellipsis slowed me down a bit

And one reaction to all of my above is: "well maybe so, but after the Ents were invented maybe Tolkien let the earlier Green Dragon discussion stay as was, to suggest an Ent/wife, 'cause tales about cryptids can grow in the telling."