Hagrid and thestrals

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 77161

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "hickengruendler" 
<hickengruendler at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Pottymouth65 at a... wrote:
> > "angelberri56" <pokeypokey at c...> writes:
> > 
> > > This is just kind of an off-hand thought:
> > > 
> > > The only people who can see thestrals are people who have 
> > > witnessed death. We find out that Neville can see them because 
> > > he saw his grandfather die, Luna can because of her mother, 
> > > and Harry because of Cedric. But wait! Hagrid can see them, 
too! 
> > > I wonder who he saw die... was it his father, perhaps? 
> > > 
> > > If anyone has any theories on this matter, please tell me!
> > > Thanks a lot!
> >  
> > 
> > I may be wrong but didn't Hagrid witness the death of some giants 
> last 
> > summer?  I don't think it states that death/thestrals apply only 
on 
> > Hogwarts' grounds.  
>


Hickelgruendler:
> Yes, but Hagrid must have seen them longer. Grubbly-Plank mentioned 
> before his return, that he has trained them not to go after the 
owls. 
> Therefore he must have seen them. 
>

Geoff:

Two possibilities. In GOF, Hagrid tells Harry that his father died 
during Hagrid's second year at Hogwarts. Did he see his father after 
his death?

Additionally, in POA when Harry overheards the conversation between 
McGonagall/Fudge/Flitwick/Hagrid in the Thre Broomsticks ("The 
MArauder's Map" p.153), Hagrid says that he pulled Harry from the 
ruins of the Potter house after Voldemort's attack just after Lily 
and James were killed. Does this imply that he must have seen their 
bodies?