DD an animagus

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 90395

"allison grannis" wrote:
> In my opinion, and I have read these books almost religiously, the 
> fact that Dumbledore taught transfiguration does not necessarily 
> mean that he was an animagus.  As stated throughout the books, just 
> because a wizard has the ability of certain powers, does not mean 
> that he would use them. And besides that, let's look to the OOTP to 
> the part where Umbridge thinks she has 'busted' Harry about the D.A.
> If Dumbledore was an animagus, why not just transfigure then, 
> instead of using Fawkes?

Carol:
I agree that having taught Transfiguration doesn't prove he's an
animagus; it simply indicates that he probably taught McGonagall how
to become one. It's one piece of evidence that seems to fit the
pattern, none of which proves the theory. It's possible, however, that
DD used Fawkes to escape Umbridge (and Fudge) to avoid revealing that
he was an Animagus. (Please understand that I'm not arguing for the
Animagus theory, just exploring it as a possibility.)

But along the same lines as your Fawkes point, DD tells Harry near the
end of OoP that the members of the Order have ways of communicating
with each other other than the Floo Network (he seems to be referring
here to Snape communicating with 12 Grimauld Place). I don't know
whether these methods involve invisibility (probably not), but they
could account for some of Dumbledore's knowledge.

Carol, who is very curious about those mysterious methods of
communication!