Thestrals and Hagrid

[steffy07]

No: HPFGUIDX 69535

---> Anyways, one more occured to me last night, and it may be so 
simple 
> that we have already been told, but on my re-reading of the 
Thestral 
> lesson, Hagrid could see them too.  Who has Hagrid seen die? 
> 
> I know his father died but am I forgetting the passage that said 
> Hagrid was there when his father died? I thought he was away at 
> school. And while we are on that subject, how did Hagrid's dad die? 
> Or did something else (if so, what?) happen to allow Hagrid to see 
> them?
> 
> 

In PoA, Hagrid is talking about Azkaban, and he says that he 
remembers all the horrible memories of his life while he was in 
prison in CoS, and he says "the day my dad died."  Maybe its just me, 
but that leads me to belive that he was probably there the day his 
dad died, and he probably saw his dad's death.  I am sure that if his 
dad was sick or something, that the school would allow him to visit 
his father if Hagrid was at school when his father died.  Just my 
thoughts!

Steffy