Most people know that the Hobbit movie trilogy was filmed in New Zealand. However, few people know that New Zealand’s closest neighbor, Australia, is home to a mythical hobbit-like ‘hairy man’ creature. Cryptozoologist Gary Opit knew of the myth, but now he and his daughter aren’t so sure it’s a myth after a recent encounter with what appeared to be two four-foot-tall hairy men known as the Nimbinjee. The what? “Our daughter and her partner when staying with us over Christmas saw a Nimbinjee or little hairy man jump up onto our roof at 2am and from their description was exactly like a gibbon in all respects.”