Proof or at least Evidence

Steve bboy_mn at yahoo.com
Fri Apr 11 07:58:07 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 55156

It's not exactly a secret that Harry as lead a very sheltered life in
both the magic and muggle world, so there is virtually zero chance
that he has ever been to Little Hangleton, the location of the Riddle
mansion.

Yet Harry did notice landmarks when he was in the grave yard; the
little church, the big house in the distance, and one would assume he
saw the light of the town so he would know its location relative to
the graveyard.

If Harry were to draw a map of the graveyard with all the landmarks he
saw, and their relative location and distance, and people went to
investigate, it would prove that Harry know something about a place
that he couldn't know anything about. 

- location and possibly a description of the Church
- location of Riddle house
- layout of graveyard
- accurate detailed description of Tom Riddles tombstone
- the angel grave marker that was hit and damaged by a stunning curse
- description of other gravestones.

In addition, Harry, through his dreams, has been inside the Riddle
house while his dream memories may have faded, he could probably
remember enough details to establish some credibiity.

- mullioned window at the front door.
- the small kitchen door hidden by ivy
- the fact that the Riddle house is rundown and currently unoccupied
- the dusty staircase
- the hallway to the room Voldemort was in
- the room Voldemort was in
- the location of the gardener's shack
- the location of the gardener's house key
- the kitchen
- description of Frank Bryce

I do have to admit that there are story details in the beginning of
GoF that Harry wouldn't have. For examples, while he may have seen the
Frank Bryce -Death of the Riddles story play out in his dream, he
probably wouldn't have details like the names of people and places. I
think most of those details were in there for the benefit of us, the
readers. But Harry would have all the visual images, or at least all
of them that he could remember.

I think it's a great idea, I just wonder if anyone in the book will
think of it too.

Just a thought.

bboy_mn





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