The Dudley Theory

[Arya]

No: HPFGUIDX 92679

 "suehpfan" <stanleys at s...> wrote:
>> Aha!  Happy day.  Mrs. Figg (apparently) saw the Dementors.  We 
know Harry and other magical people can see them for sure. Dudley did 
not see the Dementors.  In fact, he ran right at one of them trying 
to get away and only described the incident as feeling "cold, really 
> cold."   OotP US pg. 31.  Therefore, he cannot be magical.  
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Not necessarily.  It could be something like the power of knowledge 
and belief (think how the Fidelius Charm hides the fact of something 
existing from plain sight) that conceals the Dementors to muggles in 
general.  Ms. Figg knowing that the cold and darkness--the *feeling* 
was liekly atrributal to Dementors and knowing the fact that 
Dementors exist, might be all one needs to *know* to *see* them.  

Arya