Hagrid's odd behavior (was: CoS scene)

[Fred Waldrop]

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"mightymaus75" <mpjdekker at h...> wrote:

And as Entropy so nicely pointed out, Hagrid did also turn up in 
Knockturn alley in the beginning of the book. Hagrid tells Harry he 
was there to buy some Flesh-Eating Slug Repellent to protect the 
school cabbages. But when Ron almost burps up slugs over his precious 
pumpkins, he quickly pulls Ron back. If he'd bought slug repellent 
wouldn't he have used it to protect his pumpkins? Pumpkins he put so 
much effort in, and was so proud of. Suddenly Hagrid is starting to 
look very suspicious. 
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Hello all, Fred Waldrop here;

>From what I have gathered from all five books, the reason Hagrid was 
in Knockturn alley was to follow a known deatheater, Lucious Malfoy. 
After all, both he and DD knew Voldemort was not gone, and both new 
Voldemort was trying to make a come back. So, knowing that one of his 
supporters, a known deatheater to DD anyway, was walking around 
trying to bring him back, bribing his way into the MoM, why not 
follow him. Yes, someone as large as Hagrid seems unlikely for 
stealth, but then again, he sure could see over everyone's head and 
follow Malfoy easily enough.And seeing as how it was Malfoy that did 
try and bring Voldomort back, it seems like a good guess on DD and 
Hagrids behalf.
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"mightymaus75"

Then there is also the business with Lockhart. According to Hagrid, 
Lockhart had been giving him advice on getting kelpies out of a well. 
Ok, first of all, why would there be a well on the Hogwards grounds? 
The castle is right next to a natural lake. And secondly, aren't 
kelpies creatures roughly the size of a horse? Perhaps someone who 
has a copy of MCWTFT could shine some light on this. But from what I 
gather on the Internet, kelpies would often take the form of a tame 
horse standing in shallow water. When mounted by a weary traveler 
they would then drag the rider down by rushing headlong into the 
deepest part of the water. They are also known to take the form of a 
hairy manlike beast with the head of a horse. Wouldn't a well be a 
little small for a whole bunch of these things? 
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Fred again;
As for there being a well on Hogwarts groung. Would you want to drink 
the water knowing that all the toilets flow into it from the school?
And as for Kelpies being the size of horses, yes, according to 
FBAWTFT,(page 23 & 24), "it most often appears as a horse". But, it 
also says "The British and Irish water demons can take various 
shapes". It goes on to say "the worlds largest kelpie is found in 
Lock Ness, Scotland. Its favourite form is that of a sea serpant. 
International Confederation of Wizard observers realised that they 
were not dealing whith a true serpant when they say it turn into an 
otter an the approach of a team of muggles...". 

Just something to think about though;
Fred