Hagrid and the missing 24

[sayse22]

No: HPFGUIDX 47087

I wasn't able to find any posts specifically on this subject.  Why 
was Hagrid entrusted with caring for Harry after Voldemort had killed 
Lily and James?  We know Hagrid is trustworthy, but he's not (so far 
as we know) a very powerful wizard.  He doesn't even have a proper 
wand.  Isn't it a bit odd, then, that he of all people was given the 
charge of protecting the Death Eater's most obvious target?  We know 
it couldn't be because everyone was so confident in Voldemort's 
defeat that he and the DE's were no longer feared.  So, what's going 
on?