Zacay100 began this thread with the following post



Grondmaster replied

Good question Zacay100 and welcome to our forum.

My take on it is that Gollum saw where Frodo stood when he placed the ring on his finger. Gollum could still hear him and possibly even see Frodo's shadow which may have been cast by the fire. So he just ran to this area and grabbed. By the "Grace of Eru" he happened to grab the wrist of Frodo's ring-hand, and from there on, the ending was academic.

This was just another of those critical coincidences that leads me to believe that Eru was working in the background (The Music of the Ainur) towards the destruction of Sauron and the ascendancy of Man.

Some of those other critical coincidences were:

Gildor's Elves showing up to scare off the first Ringwraith and befriend the hobbits at Woody End.

Tom Bombadil showing up to rescue the hobbits from Old Man Willow.

Tom Bombadil showing up to rescue the hobbits from from the Barrow-Wight and providing Merry his Blade of Westernesse, so he could later distract the Nazgul Lord's attention away from Eowyn, so she could fulfill the original Glorfindel's prophesy).

Glorfindel (not Arwen) and Asfaloth meeting them on the road to the Ford of Bruinen.

Treebeard meeting Merry and Pippin in Fangorn Forest.

Faramir capturing Frodo and Sam in Ithilien.

Gorbag, Shagrat, and their troops fighting over Frodo's mithril coat.

Guri-Ghan-Guri's leading Theoden through the Stonewain Valley.

The wind shifting allowing Aragorn's fleet to sail upstream to the Pelennor Fields.

The meeting and argument between the two Orc bands at Isemouthe.

The Great Gollum's Banana Peel Ballet.

Gwaihir, Landroval, and their vassels showing up just when Gandalf needed them to rescue Frodo and Sam from Mt. Orodruin.

There are probably a few more, but you can get the idea from these.

Gollum had the ring for centuries, and Gollum was always mentally attracted by the Ring so that's why he could know where the ring was even when Frodo was invisible when wearing it.

thanks for all of your answers..
I was thinking the same way too, but I wanted to know what others think. I didn't want to be the one that didn't understand the books hehehe..

Thanks again!

Nice forum

I think Gollum sort of 'smelled' the Ring; I mean, after having it for about 500 years, they must have develloped some strange connection! hehe

Namarie!