[HPforGrownups] How Do the Owls Find Sirius?

[Dave Hardenbrook]

No: HPFGUIDX 18504

At 08:28 PM 5/10/01 +0000, meboriqua at aol.com wrote:
>Since the owls in the wizarding world are so adept at finding people
>without being given addresses, why couldn't the MoM just have sent an
>owl to Sirius when he escaped to find out where he was?  Is it because
>locations of people are not ever disclosed through owl travels?  I
>mean, couldn't someone just follow an owl to a wizard?  Or is that
>just how the owls in the wizarding world are magical - that they can
>find anyone, anywhere, no matter how well someone is hidden?
>
>Any thoughts, anyone?

My own theory is that it is a magic related to Secret Keeping --
He can only be found by owls bearing letters from people on
his "friends" list -- To everyone else's owls he's "unlisted".



                         -- Dave