OOP: Dudley and Magic (WAS Re: OOP SPOILERS)

[bowlwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 61560

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Kelly Grosskreutz" 
<ivanova at i...> wrote:

tigerfan41 wrote:

>>> Is Dudders a magic person or not? He could see the dementors. <<<

To which Kelly Grosskreutz replied:
 
>>> But did he actually see them?  Or could he just feel them?  I 
know that Muggles aren't normally supposed to see them, although they 
can feel in their own way their presence (depression).  On the other 
hand, Dementors don't try to suck out the soul of most Muggles.  But 
Dudley could not see them until they were right in his face, and 
maybe not even then.  He says how he felt when he relates the 
experience, but not what he saw under the hood, making me think he 
didn't see anything (or his eyes were tightly shut). <<<

Now bowlwoman's (my) 2 knuts:

I posted this on OT earlier but I'll paraphrase/repost some of it 
here.  

Unless there's another reason that Filch's broom caught fire other 
than swatting at fireworks, then it has to be Dudley, IMHO.

The only reason I'm thinking this is because he was accurately able 
to describe what the Dementors felt like. I don't know if he 
actually SAW them, but he felt them and IIRC they were bringing up 
bad memories for him. If I also remember correctly in PoA, it's 
mentioned that Muggles can feel the presence of Dementors in that 
they don't feel as happy, but I was under the impression that only 
wizards were suseptible to the other effects.

bowlwoman