Eagle Owl (was RE: Chapter 28 Summary)

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 11435

Sister Mary Lunatic wrote:

>The eagle owl, I think, was sent to Barty Crouch Jr (Moody)at 
Hogwarts,
>telling him that Barty Crouch Senior had escaped.  It alerted 
Crouch/Moody
>to keep an eye out for his father's appearance, and allow Junior to 
capture
>and kill his father in the Forbidden Forest after Viktor and Harry 
found
>him. (That's my opinion, anyway...)

I thought this too, but I checked and it seems to be too early.  
Crouch says in "Veritaserum" that he got word his father had escaped 
and then Crouch Sr. appeared on the grounds a week later (so, owl ~May 
17, murder ~May 24, one month before the last task).  Mentions of time 
throughout "The Madness of Mr. Crouch" make it clear that there are at 
least a few weeks between Harry's seeing the eagle owl and the 
appearance of Crouch Sr.

Eagle owls have associations with Draco and Voldemort though, as 
others have said, so maybe it is a clue that someone at Hogwarts is 
doing something with the Dark Side--e.g. communicating with V.

Karin, thanks for noting the owl in the first place.  It went right by 
me unnoticed every time I read it.  Maybe it was wearing an 
Invisibility Cloak?

Amy Z

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