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June 25, 2000 at 04:02:17

The Mines of Moria was the first site to post these very fuzzy scans. Then Tolkien-Movies.Com. Now Ringzone.Net is carrying the same image.

Are these Ents or not?

Here is the scan from Tolkien-Movies.Com (it seems to be the same image on all three sites). Just click on the link and a new browser window will open for you with the image in it.

There is a very hazy face on the left side in two pictures which might look something like an Ent. The side profile doesn't look complete or Ent-like, but it may only be a facial rendering for use in generating expressions.

Above the larger scans is a smaller scan of the same three images but there is a fourth picture which seems to depict a humanoid bust. If that is any indication of the final form this cannot be an Ent (and if it's an Ent-wife, Tolkien purists will howl).

Are these scans from WETA? No one is saying so far. If they are LOTR-related, for all we know they are derived from some game -- perhaps even a long-abandoned game.

Spies are scouring the Net now, looking for clues, and doubtless phones are ringing off the hook in various homes and offices. Fax machines are probably spitting out a single question across the world: Are these Ents?

Our guess: probably not. But enquiring minds want to know for sure.