[hannasanarion]

Or it could be that he is unremarkable in most of his appearances. As the article states, he is presented as the epitome of hobbithood: a jolly old man who loves song and drink and rarely leaves home, who just so happens to live near a dangerous place.

If Gildor and Farmer Maggot met him, they would have found him entirely unremarkable: just another hobbit with a strange taste in homesteading.