[HPforGrownups] Hagrid and the missing 24

[Carol Bainbridge]

No: HPFGUIDX 47091

I just wrote up a (long) scenario about "Snape and the Potters," which 
includes a partial explanation for this.  I think that Snape was on the 
scene when the Potters were killed, at least when Lilly was killed.  I also 
think that it's possible that Lucius Malfoy was there too.  For a number of 
reasons I outlined in my previous post, I think Hagrid was sent to get 
Harry when everything was settled.  If Snape and Lucius were there as I 
suggested, by the time Hagrid arrived it would have been a pretty certain 
thing that Voldemort was gone.  Lucius might have left before Snape, who 
remained to watch over little Harry until Hagrid arrived, unbeknownst to 
Lucius, who would be in a big hurry to get the heck out of Dodge.  He 
wouldn't want to be even remotely connected to the deaths of the Potters.

Anyway, take a look at my earlier post and see if that scenario wouldn't 
help answer your question.

At 10:02 PM 11/24/2002 +0000, you wrote:
>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?
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Carol Bainbridge
(kaityf at jorsm.com)

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