Snape knowing it was Harry's cloak

[Cindy C.]

No: HPFGUIDX 28415

Cindy wrote:

> 
> > I don't think this helps Snape, either.  First, I am unsure how, 
when 
> > Snape find the cloak next to the willow, that he knows it belongs 
to 
> > Harry.  <snip>

Mini-FLINT?
> > 
> 
Liz wrote:

> One theory jumps to mind: It was, I think, originally James' cloak? 
I wouldn't be surprised if Snape recognised it immediately from his 
own runins with WMPP, put two and two together like lightning and 
jumped up and down with glee. In his mind. Any chance to expell that 
dispicable Potter boy would have him in fits...

I still don't get it.  MWPP detest Snape.  They like to play jokes on 
him.  They use the cloak to play these joke and wreak havoc in 
general.

So how would Snape find out James has an invisibility cloak?  He 
wouldn't have recognized James under it, as James would have been 
invisible when Snape "sees" him.  MWPP wouldn't have told Snape about 
it, as part of the value of a cloak is keeping it secret.  (I think 
only Harry, Ron, Hermione and Dumbledore know about Harry's cloak.  
Casual acquaintances such as Neville or Seamus do not).  So how 
exactly is Snape so confident that Harry has a cloak and Harry's 
cloak is outside the willow?

Cindy (wondering if she is being especially dense on this issue)