OOP: re-Didn't harry see his mum die and thestral theory

[marephraim]

No: HPFGUIDX 64466

Serena Moonsilver wrote:
> 
> It really depends on how you look at it--if it simply means seeing 
> (as with one's eyes) then yes, this becomes a huge flint (or if 
> you want to really off on it, maybe Harry's mom didn't die).  Or 
> it could mean seen as more towards experienced death.  Harry was a 
> baby at the time and the only reason he can remember it at all was 
> because of the dementor flash backs.  Cedric's death he really 
> experienced, it weights on him daily, it's as clear as all his > 
other memories.
> 
> Serena

Watched the JKR webcast today with my daughter. There was a question 
about the Thestrals. She answered that after experiencing a death 
the person had to think about it -- let it sink in -- to see them. 
She was only addressing the issue of the end of GoF and not any 
reference to the death of Harry's parents, however.

M.E.