Voldies at the Riddle Mansion; go get him!

[grey_wolf_c]

No: HPFGUIDX 42780

bboy_mn wrote:
> Certainly, after hearing Harry's dreams and hearing what happened to
> Harry in the cemetery; Dumbledore must have figured out that
> Voldemort has been staying at the Riddle Mansion. 
> 
> True now that Voldemort is omnipotent (at least in his own mind), he
> probably won't hang around there much longer, but I would think that
> it would be worthwhile sending people to investigate. 
> 
> For one thing, there may be clues that would substantiate Harry's
> story; like disturbance to Riddle's grave, damage to headstones, the
> fresh foot prints of a couple dozen death eaters, eye or ear
> witnesses, or other clues that may have been left in the mansion. One
> thought is that Harry has never been to this place, but he has seen
> it and can describe it, and  direct them to the room that Voldemort
> was staying in.
>
> Of course, this is all Book 5 stuff, and may very well come to pass.
> 
> Just some thoughts.
> 
> bboy_mn

I don't see what you're getting at here, bboy_mn. Dumbledore already 
believes Harry's story, so why would he need proof for? About the only 
thing is to try to convince the MoM that Harry is telling the truth, 
but that clashes directly with Dumbledore's Modus Operandi. The fact is 
that Dumbledore has decided to bypass the MoM entirely in this second 
time over. They're simply too inmersed in bureaucracy and paperwork to 
be useful, and that's without considering all of the people who might 
be working for Voldemort from inside the MoM, and the ones that can be 
Imperioed.

Besides, according to my pet theory (MAGIC DISHWASHER), Dumbledore 
already knows where the events took place, since he wanted Voldemort to 
use the potion, better than any other (im)mortality method (read the 
full story for the details). Since the potion required bones of his 
father, I'd imagine that Dumbledore knew exactly where they were. In 
fact, one of my theories is that the secret owner of the Riddle mansion 
is in fact Dumbledore, since Frank Bryce was kept on the job (another 
possibility is Malfoy, since he has many of Voldemort's objects, but I 
can't imagine Malfoy paying a poor, old man with difficulties to do the 
job properly).

Hope that helps,

Grey Wolf