What Destroyed Godric's Hollow?

[Jim Ferer]

No: HPFGUIDX 79744

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ghinghapuss" <rredordead at a...>
wrote:
> I've always wondered what happened to Harry's
> parents' house in Godric Hollow. Apparetnly, it was completely
> destroyed. Of course, it could have been destroyed by Voldemort's
> failed and misdirected Avada Kedavra. But lately I've noticed that 
> failed curses generally don't do that
> sort of thing.  <snip> 
> 
Mandy: "Yes, but was LV's Avada Kadavra 'miss directed'? Dumbledore's
full curse hit the desk, LV's in Godric's Hollow hit Harry first, its
target, and failed. Perhaps the excess energy did rebound into the
house and destroy it but it doesn't seem likely to me. An exploding 
desk is very different from a house being completely destroyed.

I firmly believe there was at least one other person at the house with
the Potter's and LV that night. I think one of them destroyed the
house in an attempt to finish off what LV failed to do, kill Harry.
Remember we need a witness to retell the story of really happened in
Godric's Hollow that night."

It's an interesting hypothesis, but it has no basis at all. We've seen
on many occasions that spells that don't perform their intended
function cause physical damage.  We see many examples of that in the
MoM fight, but we also see it in the graveyard scene in GoF, where the
many stunning spells that miss Harry damage grave markers and so on. 
We know spells have physical power.

Why was the destruction caused by Voldemort's AK spell so much
greater?  Harry was the only person ever to have an AK spell bounce
off of him, and the "recoil" must have been tremendous.

If there was another DE in the house, why didn't he help his master,
or kill Harry himself? It doesn't make sense. 

Jim Ferer