Puzzles: Wormtail's finger and Shrieking Shack tunnel

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 79464

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "a_reader2003"
<carolynwhite2 at a...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboy_mn at y...> wrote:
> > --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "a_reader2003"
> > <carolynwhite2 at a...> wrote:

> > > 
> > > (1) How did Wormtail simultaneously cut off his finger and blow
> > > a > hole in the ground ...?? (snip)> 
> 
> > bboy_mn:
> > (snip)
> > ..., take a pen ...and hold it in one hand behind your 
> > back with the point pointing down at the floor. ..put your other 
> > hand behind your back and put a pen mark at the base of you index 
> > finger. ...
> > 

 
> CW comments (tied up in knots having followed instructions):
> 
> I think there is a difference between marking your finger with a pen 
> and slicing it off with a knife. ...edited...
> 

bboy_mn:

Why would he using anything as mundane and muggle as a knife when he
has a wand in his hand? Certainly, he used some highly effective
Severing Charm to quickly and cleanly cut off his finger. Why us a
knife when you have a wand?

> CW:
> I brought it up because it seems to me all very difficult and 
> suggests someone else was involved. 

bboy_mn:
Humm... I'm not exactly sure how or why, but now that you mention it,
I am intrigued by the idea of someone else being there and helping
Peter escape.

> >bboy_mn org commented:
> 
> > ... There are lots of possible speculations about how Sirius could
> > have found Peter in a big city like London. 
> > ...edited...
> > 
 
> (CW again): 
> Surely all this took place at Godric's Hollow, which although we 
> admittedly don't know where this is, is probably not in London? 

bboy_mn:
I could have sworn I read 'London' somewhere, but I can't find a
reference to it now. All the references I find refer to a 'muggle
street'. 


> CW:
> 
> Anyway, I raised in an earlier post how odd it was that 
> Peter should return to the scene of the crime the day after, ...
> 

bboy_mn:
Although, I may have gotten the city wrong (any confirmations?), I
think I got the situation right. Peter was fleeing and avoiding
detection by all wizards, but somehow, probably with knowledge of
Peter's habits and haunts, Sirius tracked Peter down in some muggle
town where the confrontation happened.

I can't think of any reason for them to be back at Godric's Hollow. It
sure would be nice to have a more detailed account of the night Harry
first met Voldemort and the aftermath. In any event, I still say
Sirius found Peter as Peter moved through the muggle world, avoiding
wizard detection, and trying to decide what he was going to do. 


> CW:
>
> By the way, loved your explanation of my question (2) about the 
> Shrieking Shack tunnel! I actually think it was just careless 
> writing on JKR's part, but we are so loyal in finding explanations 
> for what she might have meant!

bboy_mn:
Someone actually responded to my post with a much simpler
explaination, and that was, if they were going out for an adventure,
there would have been no need for James/Prongs to even go into the
Shrieking Shack. Sirius/Padfoot probably went in to get Remus/Moony,
and they all met in the forest.

However, your question was more long the line of not understanding how
a horned stag could get through the tunnel, so I tried to come up with
a scenerio that let James go through the tunnel without needing to be
a stag. 

Just a thought.

bboy_mn