Why didn't the Longbottoms go into hiding?

[carodave92]

No: HPFGUIDX 110682

nearlyheadlessryan wrote:
> I was reading OOP for the fifth time and as I got near the end of 
the 
> book, right around Harry's attempt to go and rescue Sirius, and it 
> hit me: After Proffessor Trelawny's prediction in the Hog's Head, 
why 
> did only the Potter's go into hiding and not also the Longbottoms? 


Maybe the Longbottoms didn't go into hiding because, as Aurors, they 
were actively hunting for LV (prior to the night in Godric's Hollow) 
and then DEs (following that night).  Neville could have been in 
hiding with his Gran or someone else.  However, just as a policeman 
wouldn't hide from a felon who threatened his life, the Longbottoms 
probably couldn't fade from the scene because of a threat.  

carodave