Dealing w/ Kreacher

[drjuliehoward]

No: HPFGUIDX 91556

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, tyler maroney <tmar78 at y...> 
wrote:
> Greetings!
> 
> I'm new to the list;  been lurking for a bit but
> recently I thought of something in regards to Kreacher
> that I think is worthy of discussion. (my apologies in
> advance if this idea has been mentioned before!)
> Anyway,  here it is:  I was re-reading OotP the other
> day when it occured to me,  when Sirius handed over
> his parents' house to Dumbledore why didn't he just
> put a memory charm on Kreacher and give him clothes?
> If the whole reason they kept him around was because
> he knew too much about what the Order was up to,  why
> not simply remove those memories?  I know its a little
> Men In Black-ish,  but it would've worked.  Unless
> house elves are immune to memory charms or else memory
> charms only work on people?  I dunno...what do you
> guys think?
> 
> Tyler
>
I think there is much more to House Elves than we know about.  For 
example, some questions I have asked before:
1) How can Dobby apparate in and out of Hogwarts?
2) How did the MoM detect a Hover Charm was used at 4 Privet Drive 
but did not detect a house elf had performed it?

Julie - who still wonders if there is a connection between house 
elves and goblins