Ebu Gogo
According to anthropologist Gregory Forth, locals on the island of Flores still talk about small, fantastic creatures that inhabit or once inhabited the Lia Ula cave of the Nage territory on the island.
These small creatures are called Ebu Gogo by the locals and continue to be talked about when referring to past history or when telling folklore stories.
By comparing the locals' descriptions of the Ebu Gogo with the descriptions of the H. floresiensis fossils, Forth realized that the comparisons were too similar to be a coincidence.
After 20 years of ethnographic research on the people of the Nage territory, Forth was told by numerous locals that the Ebu Gogo were alive up until 200 years ago when the 'Ua villagers exterminated them.However, some believe that these creatures are still alive!
Check out the article and read for yourself!
What do you think? Is it possible that these hobbits still inhabit the Earth?
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Forth, Gregory. "Palaeoanthropology and Local Legends: Homo Floresiensis in the News." Anthropology Today 21.1 2005): 22.
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