Tilly and I were walking yesterday on a nice meadow near the gates of the old Mines of Moria - very peaceful, no other hobbits around - when suddenly a terrifying tentacled creature rose from the depths.

It reached out for us, fixing us with a ravenous, menacing eye as it opened its gaping maw...

We ran for our lives... stopping only to capture a couple of snaps for Status-Q, of course.