Why Couldn't LV get the prophesy for himself?

[greatelderone]

No: HPFGUIDX 75299

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Danger Mouse" 
<dangermousehq at h...> wrote:
> But he could still wear a mask like the DEs. I'm incredibly 
surprised that the most evil wizard of all time didn't come up with a 
better plan than "lure Harry Potter to do the dirty work."

The guy has red eyes I think anyone smart enough would have known it 
was Voldemort. And even if he did rob the prophecy room as a DE 
people would be giving more credence to Dumbledore and his story that 
the Dark Lord was back and the MoM would have believed him especially 
if the prophecy on Voldemort had gone missing.

> He could've disguised himself, possessed Nagini again and used her 
to just shatter the prophecy and release it, had a Death Eater just 
send a curse at the prophecy, break it, then get back to Voldemort 
(unless Voldemort just possessed that Death Eater--save time and 
effort). 

He had to be there in person. Possession would certainly not have 
worked and there might have been a chance that he would have ended up 
mentally damaged if he was possessing a Death Eater and the prophecy 
didn't recognize him and instead cursed him while he was in the DE's 
body which would have mentally damaged him like what it did to 
Podmore and Bode.