[HPforGrownups]Why didn't they die?(was: Petrification )

[Jeanne Blade]

No: HPFGUIDX 51530


What has now just struck me is this. WHy weren't there more deaths resulting from the Basilisk? FB states that the Basilisk has very venoumous fangs, and it also kills by looking a victim in the eye. So there were circumstances surrounding the Petrifications everytime? I think not. It doesn't make any sense that every single time (excepting Myrtle of course) that the person (or cat ) involved just "happened" to have a flood, or camera, or mirror, or ghost at hand. That, IMO is pushing it more than a little bit, it's downright miraculous. More people *should* be dead. 
The only explanation I can come up with is that JK didn't want to crowd the book with more ghosts. She only needed Myrtle, and any other deaths would have resulted in difficulty in finding the Chamber entrance. Any other thoughts on the topic, though I have seemed to answer my own question?
 





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