“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places,” Haldir the Elf told the Fellowship of the Ring. But who would have guessed that one such place is Kermit, Texas? The Odessa American reports:

A Kermit parent said his fourth-grade student was suspended Friday for allegedly making a terroristic threat.
His father, Jason Steward, said the family had been to see The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies last weekend. His son brought a ring to his class at Kermit Elementary School and told another boy his magic ring could make the boy disappear.
Steward said the principal said threats to another child’s safety would not be tolerated — whether magical or not.

But apparently the culprit, nine-year-old Aiden Steward, has a history of classroom mischief. Via the New York Daily News:

Two of the disciplinary actions this year were in-school suspensions for referring to a classmate as black and bringing his favorite book to school: The Big Book of Knowledge.
“He loves that book. They were studying the solar system and he took it to school. He thought his teacher would be impressed,” Steward said.
But the teacher learned the popular children’s encyclopedia had a section on pregnancy, depicting a pregnant woman in an illustration, he explained.

Addressing the latest incident, Jason Steward assured the Daily News that “my son lacks the magical powers necessary to threaten his friend’s existence.” But, as Boromir might say: