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[sjd914 <sjd914@yahoo.com>]

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Susanne wrote:

> I was browsing through the posts and came across the one
> taking about Ron and the Running weasel myth, something
> about a yellow rat killing him.
> 
> I've seen this mentioned before and have searched high and
> low for any reference that it exists, but have come up with
> only posts about it in HP forums. None of the post contained
> any links to the actual story and I'm starting to wonder if
> it's just a manufactured rumor <g>.
> 
> Does anyone have any info about this myth?

  I am also pretty convinced that Running Weasel in completely made 
up. I did a search on Google with the following requirements: Must 
have the phrase "Running Weasel" and must not have the words: Harry 
Potter, Ron Weasley. I found some results but only a couple mentioned 
Running Weasel as a name. One mentioned his death but none of the 
circumstances around it. A couple had him in a list of Native 
American chiefs. I tihnk someone saw this name and made a story 
around it. After the third book when we found out Scabberd was 
Pettigrew a new detail popped up was that his rat killed him. So in 
general I think that this story is also fabricated around the books.
  - Sajid