Chapter Discussions: Chapter 8, The Hearing

[angela_glor]

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Berit wrote:
> Good point :-) I don't know. One explanation could be that squibs 
> know there exists a magical world and therefore have 
> more "practise" in seeing things Muggles don't. Like some Muggles 
> claim to be able to see ghosts while most don't... Maybe all squibs 
> share this "extra sense" with wizards.

I think it could be that the ability of squibs to recognize dementors 
comes from a heightened innate ability.  It's kind of like how the 
senses of blind people are more keenly developed than those of their 
sighted counterparts.  So Mrs. Figg can't "see" dementors, any more 
than blind people can "see" a piano keyboard.  But blind people 
surely can play the piano by compensating with their other senses 
(the sense of touch, I imagine).  And Mrs. Figg can "see" dementors 
in the same way.

Angela