The mystery of Sauron's lost finger

[Osse]

I have a theory... not on what happened to the finger, but on why it was chopped off...


Now imagine... Sauron has just killed Elendil, and Isildur is peeved. He sits there and Sauron comes up to him. With the shards of Narsil in one hand, he grits his teeth and gives Sauron the "Bird". Whereupon Sauron bends down, and clenching his fingers to expose the middle one, returns the kind gesture. Unfortunately for him, this was a cunning ploy on the part of Isildur, who jumps up and chops it off!!

[Mithalwen]

Well my theory as to what happened is that since Maia don't have proper bodies, they just "cloth themselves" with them rather than live in them properly and when they trash them and have to leave them the body just goes whooof... but I think that when his finger was severed.... part of Sauron's self was split off and when he was able to take on a body again it formed a "mini-me", a tiny Sauron clone casting it's tiny lidless eye around the place.....

[Nimrothiel]

Roflmao!!! Oh dear, dear, dear, dear! A Sauron "Mini-Me;" ahahahahahaha!!
That is one of the more amusing ideas I've heard. So does he like his chocolate?

[Mithalwen]

Oh Behave! *places hand to mouth in exaggerated manner*

[Morsul the Dark]

ok everyone i finally found the answer it was on page 456 of LOTR(dont check im making that up obviously)

I think it wasn't eaten by an orc rather it was eaten by a Took. It was cut off wondered around and eventually got to the Old Forest just in thime for the hobbits war with the trees all the hobbits took a root from one of the trees and ate as a symbol of their victory. one of the Tooks after all being "a fool of a Took" thought the finger was a root and ate it. that is why there is somthing odd about the tooks and why bilbo found the ring it was attracted to the finger.

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

Our new batch of Downers should find this interesting.

[Tuor of Gondolin]

Elrond approached Aragorn and presented him with the heirlooms of his line. One was the Scepter of Arnor-- and the other, a mysterious gift carefully wrapped in black cloth.

“You, Aragorn son of Arathorn, are the rightful King of Gondor. Take these heirlooms which have been bestowed upon thee in honour and rule well! Here is the Scepter of Arnor,” and he carefully placed it in Aragorn’s hands, “and…the One Finger.” Elrond raised the small item and unwrapped it as one would with a deadly creature. And behold! in the midst of the cloth there lay a black finger. It seemed no less fearful than if it was still attached to its master’s hand and emitted a cold chill into the air.

Aragorn looked upon Elrond with disbelief and fear. “The Finger? The one that was severed from Sauron’s hand? Alas! that is a foul token!”

So according to the above Elrond gave Strider the finger!
Perhaps PJ's crabby patty Elrond was correct after all.