Hagrid Flew?

[doffy99]

No: HPFGUIDX 43812


I wrote:

> > The question becomes I guess, How did Hagrid get to the Island 
where 
> > Uncle Vernon had Harry stashed to avoid those letters? We know he 
> > flew, but HOW did he fly?

Andrea wrote:
 
> I have not one shred of canon to back this up, other than he had it 
with
> him at the time, but I always pictured Hagrid flying in like Mary 
Poppins
> on his pink umbrella. :)

Me:

This does create an interesting mental image LOL and I'm sure it's 
exactly what Harry was thinking when Hagrid told him he flew. 

Is Hagrid enough of a wizard to cast such a spell though?? This seems 
like awful powerful magic. At least as big a deal as Tranfiguration 
and one, I would think, a wizard would use sparingly and possibly 
only with permission from MOM. Good chance of being seen and all. 
Granted, Harry and family were in a remote area and it was dark and 
stormy. We have NO canon at all to say that A wizard could even cast 
such a spell, that such a spell even exists, unless Hagrid knows the 
spell to make a Brookstick fly. This doesn't seem like a spell you 
would learn in your forth or fifth year at Hogwarts. 

Did Dumbledore or someone else Train Hagrid to do this? I admit, I've 
predicted in an earlier post that Hagrid would become a full fledged 
wizard by the end of series, but this seems a little advanced. 

Any thoughts on the idea that Dumbledore has been slowly, over many, 
many years, training Hagrid in wizardy? Dumbledore trusts Hagrid 
implicitly and Dumbledore does have a certain disregard for rules, 
much like our hero, is it possible that Hagrid is closer to being a 
wizard than JKR has let on? 

-Jeff