Witness to LV attack on Harry at Godric's Hollow

[princesspeaette]

No: HPFGUIDX 77639

Confusinglyso wrote:
>I have checked Lexicon and archives in vain for any clues to who 
>was able to tell WW that LV had lost his powers and indeed his body 
>in the attack on Harry. For the WW to know of the extent of LV's 
>downfall in such detail requires an eyewitness, and the witness must 
>have been from the good side, since a DE would not have let the news 
>out so quickly.
 {snipped}

 My witness is Frank Longbottom. 
{major snip}

Marianne's reply:

>Well, a problem with this theory is that both Hagrid and Sirius say 
>that they met at the Potters' house.  Hagrid  tells us that he 
>rescued Harry out of the ruins of the Potters' house and then Sirius 
>turns up with his motorcycle. (PoA, US edition, pg. 206.) And, at 
>this point, the discussion takes place as to whether Harry should be 
>handed over to his godfather or if Hagrid's instructions from 
>Dumbledore should take precedence.  There is absolutely no canon to 
>indicate that this encounter takes place anywhere other than at the 
>Potters'.

Margaret (me): 

(Possibly) wild theory alert!

We know that Godric's Hollow must have contained muggle homes as well 
as wizards, since Hogsmeade is the only entirely wizard settlement in 
Britan.  Dumbledore has been using Arabella Figg to keep an eye on 
Harry since he's been living at the Dursleys.  Now it is very 
unlikely that a Squib member of the OoP just happened to be living 
across the street from the only surviving maternal realative of 'the 
boy who lived'. So what if Arabella Figg was living in Godric's 
Hollow to keep an extra eye on the Potters?  She wouldn't even have 
to be in on the Secret Keeper bit, just keeping an eye out for anyone 
in town who might cause trouble.  A wizard must stick out like a sore 
thumb to a squib, even if he is in muggle clothing.  Anyone who isn't 
in the Order drops by, and she alerts Dumbledore.  Since she's not a 
witch, she'd probably be off of Voldemort's radar (I have no canon to 
back this up except Voldemort's total contempt of muggles and muggle-
born wizards)  

You can't disguise a house blowing up (especially one that appeared 
out of no where as my personal theory of a spilled Kept Secret 
implies) even if the Death Eaters and Voldemort tried (I'm gussing 
they didn't, they liked to advertise their kills) and she alerted 
Dumbledore. Dumbledore told Hagrid, who went to find Harry.  She was 
then moved to Privet Drive to keep watch over Harry.


~Margaret