Hermione and a Boggart in a Trunk?

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 84169

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Iggy McSnurd"
<coyoteschild at p...> wrote:
> > bboy_mn:
> > Although, the book says no one truly knows
> > what an 'uninfluenced' Boggart looks like, it seem reasonable to
> > assume for the point of discussion that it is formless.
> 
> 
> Iggy here:
> 
> ...edited...
> 
> If it's stated in PoA that nobody truly knows what an 'uninfluenced'
> boggart looks like, ... How did Moody know it was a boggart when he
> used his magic eye to look at the one Mrs. Weasley later tried to get 
> rid of ...
> 
> 
> Iggy McSnurd

bboy_mn:

I think the boggart changing to whisps of dark smoke before vanishing
completely, give us a clue to it natural form. However, Lupin does say
that no one knows for sure.

So, my most likely explaination for Moody's confidence is that he
looked the desk and didn't see anything else he could identify, and by
process of elimination that only left a bogart.

Just a thought.

bboy_mn