Missing 24 hours

[darrin_burnett]

No: HPFGUIDX 42796

BBoy, commenting on Brian's Area 51 post:
> 
> 
> Just one thing missing Brian, although, I do like the 'Area 51' 
idea,
> Hagrid specifically mentions Bristol which is West of the Burrow 
while
> London/Surrey is East of the Burrow. Fit Bristol into you theory and
> you might be on to something. 
> 

I like the idea too, but I see some cold water lurking on the theory. 

Why would these magical investigators only agree to 24 hours (or 
less, given the travel time involved) of study? If Harry really is 
kind of an "E.T." character, set to be probed and prodded to see what 
makes him tick, wouldn't he become almost a ward of the ministry?

A possible answer to this is that Dumbledore cashed in a hell of a 
lot of ministry chips, called in a bunch of favors and bent quite a 
few arms to get Harry back to a "normal" life.

I would imagine Dumbledore had to do quite a bit of persuading 
anyway, to convince Ministry higher-ups that Harry's best place was 
with Muggles. Even wizards who didn't know anything about how rotten 
the Dursleys were might not be keen on Harry living with Muggles. 

Didn't a lot of people pester Fudge about where Harry Potter was and 
why he was with Muggles? Did he just say: "Dumbledore says its best"?

Darrin
-- Maybe part of Figg's job is to report to Area 51