Another Dumbledore Speculation

[catherine at cator-manor.demon.co.uk]

No: HPFGUIDX 16816

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., meboriqua at a... wrote:
> I was just thinking about Harry Potter (what a shock) and got to 
> wondering about Dumbledore's days as the Transfiguration Professor 
> (which we learned in CoS, if I'm not mistaken).  Does that mean 
that 
> he is also an animagus?  McGonagall is one, and JKR has made it 
pretty 
> clear that each professor at Hogwarts is damned good at the topics 
> they teach.  Wouldn't that mean that Dumbledore would also know how 
to 
> Transfigure himself? 
> 
> I also remember Dumbledore telling Harry (in SS) that he doesn't 
need 
> an invisibility cloak to become invisible.  I know the character 
> sketch on Dumby-dorr was posted a few weeks ago, but 
the "Dumbledore 
> to die!?" postings kept me thinking.  If he is the only wizard 
> Voldemort fears, what are some of the powers he possesses that make 
> him so strong?  I still feel like we know very little about him.
> 
> Any thoughts?  
> 
> --jenny from ravenclaw, who doesn't want all the oldies to moan and 
> say "we've discussed this a hundred tim

I have thought about this before, and came to the conclusion that 
Hermione would probably have seen his name on the Animagus register 
if he was one.  However, this doesn't rule out the possibility that 
Dumbledore could be exempt for some reason, or for reasons of his own 
(spying in WW2 for example) decided to keep it to himself.  I don't 
know.

Catherine