What Pettigrew did at Godric's Hollow - new info from JKR chat

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 111437

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "carolynwhite2" 
<carolynwhite2 at a...> wrote:
> Why would Pettigrew want to take the robes as well as the 
wand? Why  did he try to preserve either - wasn't it dangerous 
evidence to risk  being caught with?

Pippin:

I think he hoped to conceal the evidence of Voldemort's downfall. 
If the other DE's thought Voldemort had disappeared of his own 
volition, they wouldn't blame him for leading their master to his 
doom.  

Fudge mentions that there was "a heap of bloodstained robes" 
in front of Black when he was captured, which was all that was 
left of Peter. So that makes *three* sets of robes our little rat 
friend has to account for. Curiouser and curiouser. Maybe he 
was wearing Voldemort's robes when he disappeared? They'd 
have to be magically altered to fit, I suppose.


Carolyn: 
> This scenario also suggests that the AK backfiring on Voldie 
did  *not* destroy the house - as many of us have pointed out in 
the past,  AK's don't generally do this kind of damage<

Pippin:

Missed AK's seem capable of doing a lot of damge though. 
Interesting that the rebounding spell destroyed Voldemort's body 
but not his clothes or wand. Of course, it could have blown them 
right off (sorry for the image <veg>)

Pippin