Invisibilty Cloaks

[Susan Atherton]

No: HPFGUIDX 48912

Hmmmm.

I understand that Hogwarts has a number of creepy candleabra sconce things hanging around it's walls (and if it doesn't, it flippin well should, what kind of medieval castle doesn't have creepy candleabra sconce things?!) and these should cast if not a huge amount of light, at least a reasonable amount. There are also lots of windows and open spaces and the like, so here is my question.

If Mad Eye Moody's magical eye and the Marauder's Map can see Harry in his Cloak, it would indicate that the Cloak is not completely impervious. (It's been hinted in PS and CoS that Dumbledore can even see through it, magical eye or not) So do the same old laws of physics that bind the rest of us bind someone wearing a Cloak? If they can be felt and touched, they obviously don't disappear, they are just concealed. So do they cast a shadow? And if, as I suspect, they do, why doesn't anyone notice?!

Just a thought.

Susan
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