Indonesian 'hobbit' legends may be factual

[indigobusiness]

Indonesian 'hobbit' legends may be factual

December 26 2004 at 11:00AM

By Chris Brummitt

Mount Ebulo, Indonesia - Nellis Kua is too old to remember his exact age, but his eyes light up when he talks of the gang of hobbit-like creatures his grandparents told him once lived in the forest on the slopes of this still smoking Indonesian volcano.

"They had these big eyes, hair all over their body and spoke in a strange language," said Kua, his skin leathered by a lifetime tending coffee and chilli pepper crops under the harsh tropical sun.

"They stole our crops, our fruit and moonshine. They were so greedy they even ate the plates!"

Kua and other elders said the creatures, known locally as the "Ebu Gogo" or the "Grandmother who eats everything", were last seen on the central Indonesian island of Flores around 300 years ago.

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http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=31&art_id=qw1104048723735B253

[annabanana]

1. Where were those tiny skeletons recently discovered?

I'm surprised they didn't get more press.

[indigobusiness]

2. Yes. There are links to other reports at the bottom. One question

I have: Of what are their plates made?

"They stole our crops, our fruit and moonshine. They were so greedy they even ate the plates!"

[karl meltdown]

3. will hobbit remains ever be returned...

by spurned and angry minor player of this top tier story.