Werewolf Cubs, sneakoscopes & other foreshadowing

[Jason Bailey]

No: HPFGUIDX 30616

Whirdy said:
Wac> Lupin says he "was a very small boy when he received the bite." (PoA)  And
Wac> how come Lupin didn't run off with the werewolves in the forbidden forest 
Wac> once a month.  "There are all sorts of things in there -- werewolves I 
Wac> heard," according to Draco Malfoy.  (SS/PS)

I suspect Lupin was the werewolf that was supposedly in the forest.
These rumors, like the haunting of the shrieking shack, were probably
encouraged by Dumbledore to keep students out of the forbidden forest.
There are plenty of things as dangerous as a werewolf in that forest,
why squelch the rumors.

Personally, I like how JKR does this sort of thing. Introductions of
things which will become more relevant in future books (werewolves,
dragons, the womping willow, grindelow). So when do we get the
vampires, the meaning of "Mars is bright tonight", and Trelawny's
first predication.

One of my favorites is the sneakoscope. We are introduced to them in
PoA, but in GoF they were a big hint that Mad Eye was up to no good.
Remember how he tells Harry that he had to disable them due to all
the cheating. I'm willing to guess that this was not true...let me
clarify, because of course it wasn't true...I don't believe something
as light as cheating students will set off a sneakoscope. Even if it
did...all the more reason to have one in your classroom. Harry's goes
off when ever Scabbers feels the threat of Sirius/Crookshanks...it
isn't really malfunctioning as Ron suggests.