Dumbledore's life-debt?

[Cindy C.]

No: HPFGUIDX 29039

Devrika wrote:

I was reading the Leaky Cauldron HP news, and, according to
> them, Entertainment Weekly ran a character sketch on Dumbledore 
that said he
> "owes his life to Hagrid...though that has yet to be explained."
> Interesting, very interesting.  Any thoughts on this?  

Sure, I'm always happy to speculate.  :-)

I always assumed it has something to do with Dumbledore's defeat of 
dark wizard Grindewald in 1945.  Hagrid became groundskeeper at 
Hogwarts in 1943.  Grindewald was an evil Giant wizard, and young 
Hagrid acted as a spy to infiltrate Grindewald's giant army of 
Giants.  One of Grindewald's troops was Fridwolfa, Grindewald's 
wife.  She is the same Fridwolfa who abandoned baby Hagrid about 13 
years earlier.  Dumbledore sends Hagrid on a mission against 
Grindewald, and Hagrid encounters his own mother.  He reflects on 
this a moment, then blasts her to bits because she is standing in the 
way of Dumbledore's defeating Grindewald.  This willingess to destroy 
his own mother shows Hagrid would do anything for Dumbledore.  As a 
result, Dumbledore trusts Hagrid with his life.

This is entirely speculative, of course.  

Cindy
 -- Bagman is definitely an evil, evil DE who will surprise everyone 
in OoP