OotP Moody's magical eye and the boggart..

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 70616

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<Kiss2Kiss1 at a...> wrote:
> ... boggarts, ...they take the shape of the  person's worst fear. 
> Moody ... look(s) in the writing desk with his magical eye and tell(s)
> them what was in it, the boggart was in another room, one floor above 
> them. ..., so does that mean Moody know... what it actualy looks like? 
>
> ...edited...
> 
> "-Maritza"

bboy_mn:

What is 'likely'?

Everyone already thought is was a boggart, so perhaps Moody made his
determination by looking into the desk with his magic eye and see that
it was not something other than a boggart. In a sense, by eliminating
all other identifiable entities, he was left to conclude it was a
boggart. 

Also, to some extent we have seen the boggart in a form that doesn't
reflect the fear of a person. Just before the boggart is 'vanquished'
it turns into a wisp of dark smoke that breaks into small wisps of
smoke then disappears. So perhaps, Moody detects this mass of grey smoke. 

Just a thought.