On Harry seeing Thestrals

[Jim Ferer]

No: HPFGUIDX 97032

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Bannister"
<gbannister10 at a...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Sea Change" <nakedkali at y...> 
> wrote:
> 
> Sea Change:
>  We know from canon Harry was about
> > a year old.  Any listies know about the physical development of
> > children?  Did Harry actually see Lily get killed, or her corpse? 
> 
> Geoff:
> If I may reiterate the point I was trying to make... if Harry as a 
> toddler saw Lily killed, did he /understand/ what he was seeing? If 
> you grow up thinking that you have not witnessed a death, does this 
> affect your interaction with Thestrals?

Sea's and Geoff's points indicate the real point: there's many
possible explanations why Harry didn't see Thestrals until the Cedric
experience. My first thought was that you have to realize and recall
that you'd seen a death before you can see a thestral.