Boy Suspended For Threatening Friend With Ring Forged In Fires Of Mount Doom

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The father of a fourth grader in Kermit, Texas claims his son was suspended from school because the boy stated he had the “One Ring” — as in, the one featured in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit — and that he could use the ring to make his friend disappear.

The 9-year-old was accused of making a terroristic threat, his father, Jason Steward, told the Odessa American. Steward said that the family recently watched “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies” and his son was enthusiastic about the film.

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“I assure you my son lacks the magical powers necessary to threaten his friend’s existence,” Steward wrote in an email to the Daily News. “If he did, I’m sure he’d bring him right back.”

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