Sirius in Tibet?

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 85592

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "canismajorette"
<templerichmond at e...> wrote:
> Don't we hear in the first few pages that Sirius has lately been in 
> Tibet? Do I recall that correctly? Then, it seems, no more is made of 
> this, if I recall correctly.  Now isn't that sort of a conspicuously 
> odd detail?  Should we expect this theme to resurface at some point?
> 
> ...edited..
> 
> Again, I think it is not just a throw-away line that JKR alludes to 
> Tibet, since it is such a potent source of spiritual knowledge.
>
> canismajorette


bboy_mn:

The reference to Sirius being in Tibet came from Kingsly Shacklbolt,
the Auror in charge of finding Sirius. But Kingsly knows that Sirius
is indeed living in his old family home in London. So, to keep the
rest of the Ministy off guard, he say that Sirius is rumored to be in
Tibet which is a long way away, and in an area where he doesn't pose
any immediate danger to the UK wizard world. 

However, in previous books we know that Sirius was in hiding outside
of the UK, and was sending messages using huge colorfull tropical
birds. My best guess for that would have been Mylasia and Thailand, or
possibly central Africa. 

I don't know enough about the geography and ecology of Tibet to know
if tropcial birds exist there. So I guess it might be possible that
Sirius was hiding in this region in the past. But the reference is OoP
is a false clue to keep the Ministry believing the Sirius in no where
nearby and that he is not an immediate threat.

Just a thought.

bboy_mn


Just a thought.

bboy_mn