Bode's murderer (long)

[maneelyfh]

No: HPFGUIDX 97040

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Bannister" 
<gbannister10 at a...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "maneelyfh" <maneelyfh at y...> 
> wrote:
> > --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Paula Gaon 
<paulag5777 at y...> 
> > wrote:
> 
> Paula:
> > > Humm, this could drive one nuts!  In Book 3, does Hagrid 
mention 
> > how he came into possession of Buckbeak?  Rats, don't have my 
book 
> > here now, but can't recall Hagrid mentioning Buckbeak's origins.  
I 
> > think back on Kreacher injuring Buckbeak and wonder if this could 
> > have a connection--Book 5 already.  Something along the lines of 
> > Kreacher trying to turn BB's loyalties from Sirius to the Death 
> Eater 
> > cause.  <snip>  
> 
> Geoff:
> He doesn't mention their origin in our first introduction to the in 
> POA "Talons and Tea Leaves". I haven't checked any other 
> possiblitites yet.
> 
> Fran:
> > For some reason, I always thought the hippogriff calendar was a 
> > reference to McNair, Buckbeak's intedned killer in POA. There was 
a 
> > line in book 4, or 5 where LV asks McNair if he is ready to kill 
> more 
> > important things than magical creatures.... That is not verbatum 
> but 
> > close. Bode's killer was definitely a deatheater, IMHO. 
> 
> Geoff:
> '"MacNair... destroying dangerous beasts for the Ministry of Magic 
> now, Wormtail tells me? You shall have better victims than that 
soon, 
> MacNair. Lord Voldemort will provide...."
> "Thank you, master.... thank you," murmured MacNair.'
> 
> (GOF "The Death Eaters" p. 565 UK edition)

Thank you very much kind sir!  Dont know if anyone would agree that 
its a clue to McNair's incrimination in Bode's murder but it really 
stuck with me......
Fran