[HPforGrownups] The evidence for knowledge of the Basilisk WAS Re: What's annoying about Harry

[Gail Bohacek]

No: HPFGUIDX 51458

Ooo...Oooo!  ::raising her hand high in the air like Hermione::  Can I raise 
a point?  I don't think it's really *evidence* per se, but it's something 
that I just thought of while reading through this thread.

It's common knowledge that it's a "creature" that's doing the petrifictions, 
right?  Okay...I guess the first thing that I would do is to go through a 
handy-dandy copy of "Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them" and see what 
kind of creature attacks/kills by petrification.  I've got one right here 
and unless there are a lot more beasts in the Potterverse than what is 
actually listed in this book, then there isn't a whole lot to look through.

Well, you don't get very far before you hit "B" and find "Basilisk".  Hey!  
It kills by petrification.  Hey! It happens to be a giant snake.  Hey!  
Didn't Salazar dig on snakes?  It makes sense to me that it would be rather 
easy to figure out that the creature in the Chamber was a Basilisk...but 
then again the characters in these books sometimes surprise me at how slow 
they can be.


-Gail B...trying to prove to herself that she can do more than just rhyme 
two words together :)>

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