POA Dementor Kiss on Harry - New Question

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 78270

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Talisman" <talisman22457 at y...>
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "James Redmont" 
> <jamesredmont at h...> wrote:
> > --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "bohcoo" <sydenmill at m...> 
> > wrote: 
> > <snip>> > How did Fudge know the dementors tried to Kiss Harry? 

>  James Redmont said:
> > DD told him, I'll bet.  How did DD know?  He knows everything, 
> > doesn't he?
> 

> Talisman,swoops in to say:
> 
> I believe Snape told DD.  Snape was the only one in a position to do 
> so.  
> 
> ...edited...
> 
> Talisman,

bboy_mn:

Here is a wild and crazy idea, maybe Fudge talked to the Dementors and
asked them what happened. Fudge does seem to have an unusually keen
abitlity to communicate with them. Can't see any reason why the
Dementors would lie; they don't seem to have much of a conscience, and
oddly, a guilty conscience is what frequently motivates people to lie. 

And Fudge may have had a chance to question Sirius, even though he
doesn't believe Sirius, his story would have still filled in SOME of
the details of what happened.

It's also conceivable that they were able to get some information out
of Harry before Dumbledore and Mdm. Pomphrey shooed them away. Harry
could have been muttering somewhat incoherently, and may have given
away the fact that the Dementors tried to kiss him. That might have
been enough for Fudge to go question the Dementors. That's not
actually required, Harry muttering, because Snape seems to have seen
the Dementor retreating, so Fudge would know that they had been on the
scene.

So generally, I think enough time has past between Harry blacking out,
and Fudge and Snape arriving at the hospital wing, for Fudge to have
done some investigating and made some inquiries and pieced together
the story, or at least, some version of the story.

Short version: The Dementors told him.

Just a thought.

bboy_mn