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What happened to Bilbo, Frodo, and Sam when they crossed the Sea to the Blessed Lands?

They were granted eternal life.
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After a time of peace and healing, they died.
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Neither. (Please explain)
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I think the Hobbits went so far west they wound up in North America, where they interbred with the humans there. Their descendants retained the large hairy feet, but stayed human size. Thus we have Bigfoot/Sasquatch/Yeti.
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Well this should get the thread locked :lol: :lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPU84WkVLhs


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peeplj wrote:
TelegramSam wrote:I read somewhere that they ended up on Tol Eressea, "The Lonely Isle" not the Undying Lands. I wish I could remember where I read that, I think it might have been in one of those lost tales type books that Tolkien's son put together.

If anything, they probably simply were given a time to heal and gain a bit of peace before passing on. They were, after all, mortal, and it's quite clearly stated in several places (especially throughout the Silmarillion) that the final fate of the souls of mortals is not the same as that of the Elves, though nobody knows what Illuvitar (the Creator of Middle-Earth) had in mind for them, not even the Valar.

Them gaining immortality in the Undying Lands wouldn't make sense at all in the context of Tolkien's world, just wouldn't follow the rules of it at all.
Yep. I think this summarizes it nicely, in every point.

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What he said. I remember somewhere in his Letters Tolkine saying that they did indeed die, but I don't own a copy of the Letters myself so I couldn't look it up, so take that with a grain of salt.
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BigDavy wrote:Well this should get the thread locked :lol: :lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPU84WkVLhs


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Thx, Davy, now I'm just feeling so .... so ...... Celtic! :boggle:

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Tyler Morris wrote:Image

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BigDavy wrote:Well this should get the thread locked :lol: :lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPU84WkVLhs


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Wanderer wrote:
BigDavy wrote:Well this should get the thread locked :lol: :lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPU84WkVLhs


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Wanderer wrote:I see your new agey elvish singing and raise you gollum, samwise, and potatotes techno.
Geez!! At least post it man!

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Wanderer wrote:I see your new agey elvish singing and raise you gollum, samwise, and potatotes techno.
Geez!! At least post it man!

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Wanderer wrote:I see your new agey elvish singing and raise you gollum, samwise, and potatotes techno.
"What's 'samwise'?" he asked, bending over to tie his shoe.

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"Potatoes Techno". Sounds like Postmodern cuisine.

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BigDavy wrote:Well this should get the thread locked :lol: :lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPU84WkVLhs


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Did anything ever happen on that video? I kind of pulled the little gear along when I got bored, but I don't think I missed anything compelling.
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