But most of us know very well that in reality they've existed as long if not longer than Middle Earth itself.
A long time ago these wonderful folk had to leave their original home of the Shire and were fortunately rescued by the ancestors of a mild mannered Englishman who wrote of them and who spread their ways across the world.
Unfortunately a spell cast by Gandalf the White means that some people will never see them but if ever the skeptical open their hearts, their minds and eyes, they'll see evidence of the Hobbits existence.
Why, they need look no further than this very page to see some of the Hobbit's wonderful homes...
