Memories (WAS: "It wuz Snape" / That Fateful Night)

[bluemoonnarnia]

No: HPFGUIDX 42337

--- In HPforGrownups at y...,At 9:16 PM -0400 8/6/02, Ian Malone wrote:
>Snip< 
> Much as I like "It wuz Snape," it seems to me that wizards have 
> investigative tools to find out what happened that are far better 
> than Muggle ones.  They could certainly Prior Incantato both James 
> and Lily's wands; perhaps they could cast the speaking-mirror 
> enchantment on whatever fragments of mirror were left and ask them 
> what they saw (or, if James and Lily weren't entirely living as 
> Muggles in the privacy of their home, the mirrors might already 
have 
> the enchantment).  I would suspect that they have an investigative 
> spell that acts like psychometry - perhaps it's part of the 
> Divination curriculum - but as it's a Yellow Flag, I don't think we 
> *need* it.
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Now it's my turn. I'm new to posting on the list, so hopefully my 
theory isn't shamefully bad. Anyway, when I read this post, the most 
interesting thing just popped into my head. Why can't they use the 
pensieve on Harry to siphon out the memories he must harbor of the 
actions on that night? He had to see something, although he can only 
remember when Dementors are around, his mother screaming and evil 
laughter and a greenish light when he tries to remember that night. 
If he took out the thought and put it in the pensieve we might get a 
better idea on what happen to Lily&James, and most important to see 
what happened as the curse hit Voldemort and the house? We could also 
solve who was there when Harry got rescued and were Hagrid went 
during that missing 24 hours. The only problem with this theory is 
that maybe you have to actually remember what happen in order to put 
it in the pensieve. Other than that, I think it could be the final 
answer into solving the mystery short of asking Voldemort or 
Lily&James themselves.

Bluemoonnarnia(Who really hopes this is a good theory :)