If you think that Hobbits are fictional, do not be fooled a second longer. Middle-earth once existed, as did all of its various species. Yet the hobbits found themselves obliged to leave their original home of
The Shire. Rescued by the ancestors of a mild-mannered English writer, they have spread across the world. A spell cast by the
Gandalf the White means that the sons of men cannot see them but if you look close enough, there is evidence to be found. A hobbit has to live somewhere, after all. Here are just some of the houses of the Hobbit diaspora.
The first evidence of hobbits goes back hundreds of years. Sites in Scotland and Finland, to name but two, have shown that hobbits have been living among us for longer than anyone imagined. In exchange for our hospitality, the Hobbits have sworn to help us thrive. While you might argue that, globally, they cannot be doing too good a job of that, there are few hobbits to many millions of humans - so the scale of their assistance is not huge.
