Even if the people of Gondor knew about Shelob, maybe they did not want to 'stir up trouble' with the Black Land, and thought that if she didn't bother them, then they wouldn't bother her. People do that with rather unpleasant situations they encounter. "If we ignore it, maybe it will go away."
Shelob is a spider after all. Their exoskeletons are very strong. Multiply that by the thousands and thousands of times that she is bigger than a regular spider, and see if you would want to try and defeat her!
[ November 04, 2002: Message edited by: TolkienGurl ]
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