Knowing it was Snape (was: What has Snape seen)

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No: HPFGUIDX 119213


Carol:
> The only difference between the Pensieve memories and those 
> conjured by the Legilimency spell appears to be that one is 
> fleeting and visual only; the other is substantial, involves at 
> least three senses, and can be entered. But neither is a
> memory as you and I normally experience them. These are memories 
> that a Legilimens like Voldemort or Dumbledore could see, and in 
> which he would recognize at least one person--Snape or Harry. Even 
> the memory of young Tom Riddle preserved in the diary operates on 
> the same principle. The person whose memory it is is present in 
> all the memories and visible to the outsider who views them, 
> regardless of whether the means of viewing is the diary, some form 
> of Legilimency, or the Pensieve.


SSSusan:
Except for the *one* memory Potioncat reminded us of:  Harry's 
memory of Hermione in the hospital wing, covered in cat fur.  Harry 
is nowhere to be seen in that snippet.  What does that mean for this 
theory?

Siriusly Snapey Susan, who, again, acknowledges the likelihood that 
this is Snape in the shootin' flies & cowering scenes, but....