[HPforGrownups] Re: Dumbledore is Hedwig

[jake cohn]

No: HPFGUIDX 71655

 
Jake wrote:
> ><snip>
> >
> > 3) ***SPOILER*** Dumbledore tells Harry in book
> five that he has been watching him more than he knows.  
This would make sense if Dumbledore was Hedwig, because 
Hedwig was around Harry in Grimauld Place & at the Dursleys. >>>

Todd:
> Interesting theory.  However, I think a major
> problem is the fact that Hedwig is with Harry at the 
Dursleys' while Dumbledore is running around the Ministry 
trying to straighten out Harry's expulsion over using magic 
on the dementors.  If DD IS Hedwig, he can't be in two places 
at once--even JKR doesn't mess with that law of physics without 
timetravel.
> 
> On a related note, are we really to expect that while Hedwig 
is locked in Harry's room all summer, DD is as well? 
> Where does he find the time to hire new DADA teachers?
> 
> I would find it much more possible for there to be
> some link between Hedwig and DD, but not for them to be the 
same person. >>>


This is a good theory. In book 2 there are a few things
to keep in mind. 1. The Dursleys do not know magic so
a simple charm to unlock the lock would do the trick.
2) We know that DD can apprate and disapparate. 3) The
M.O.M keeps a register for the century of animagus.
Being that DD is over 150 years old, he would be in
the last century registry. 4) In OoP the O.W.L.
examiner said he saw DD do things with a wand he had
never seen before.

"jake cohn"