Dumbledore Cockroach Theory

[happyduck1979]

No: HPFGUIDX 53935

Hi!  I know that none of you have ever seen me before, but I have 
been lurking here for a while now.  I love the books (and the movies 
although not nearly as much) and recently convinced my husband to 
read them as well.  As such I am rereading them myself.  I was lying 
in bed last night and I came up with a theory that I had not seen 
posted before and I was wondering what other people think of it.

Many people have questioned whether or not Dumbledore is an 
animagnus.  I figure that since he taught transfiguration before 
McGonagall the chances are probably pretty good that he can transform 
into something.  There are a few clues to this idea in the book, but 
they are not anything big.

Let's start with insects habbits.  We know that Dumbledore found his 
way to a magic room full of beautiful chamberpots.  This would fit as 
a room that would appeal to a cockroach.  They tend to live in 
rather distastefull locations.  They also chase down sugar which 
*might* explain Dumbledore taste for sweets (although I have to 
wonder if that means that McGonagle enjoys the taste of meow-mix).

Now it is that taste for sweets that seems to provide passwords for 
Dumbledore's office.  Is there anything that sounds more disgusting 
then cockrach clusters?  There has to me more to it then just a 
wizarding treat that we have not yet come accross anywhere else.

Now, I also think that there might be some truth to the idea that 
people who can transform into animals can recognize other people who 
can transform into animals.  I think that Lupin might know 
Dumbledore's secret.  He might even think that Dumbledore *was* aware 
of what happened all those years ago in the Shreiking Shack.  He 
would have been small enough to get into the hole under the whomping 
willow.  This would explain why the boggart changed from a sphere 
(the full moon) to a cockroach.  He may think it is funny that 
Dumbledore has this absurd alter ego that no one knows about that he 
discovered *becasue* of his issue with the full moon and the fact 
that he transforms into another type of animal.

"happyduck1979"