Dudders and the Dementors

[mari]

No: HPFGUIDX 119679


Tammy:
>> Mrs. Figg lied to give more credibility to Harry's story. Dumbledore obviously expected some sort of trumped up charges against Harry, so he had Mrs. Figg testify that she did see the Dementors so she could backup Harry's story. Dumbledore also, no doubt, knew that no one in the counsel would have known that Squibs can't see Dementors... very clever that Dumbledore :P <<

Geoff:
> I'm inclined to take the opposite view; I think if that was the case, Dumbledore was making a very dangerous assumption.
Amelia Bones is a legal eagle and strikes me as a pretty smart cookie. And 
I would imagine that Dumbledore, as the erstwhile Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot, knows her capabilities . <



Mari:
I think Mrs. Figg lied on her own.  She didn't see them, but she did feel them.  She had to have recognized them some how, otherwise how did she know what attacked Harry and Dudley?   
Did her cats see the Dementors and report back to her?  If that was the case that may explain why all the squibs we have met are very attached to their cats.