Is Dumbledore Swiping Harry's Memories?

[Eustace_Scrubb]

No: HPFGUIDX 97987

:: Entropy :: wrote:
<snips>
> Is it possible that Dumbledore made a point
> of placing Harry's memories of that night into his pensieve while
> Harry was unconscious, taking a look, and then put the memory back
> before Harry awoke?
> 
> This leads to a similar point regarding what happened that night in
> Godric's Hollow.  
<more snips>
> He knew that Harry would never be able to recall the night  on his 
> own(he was far too young), but could count on Harry's  stored 
> memories to provide an accurate record of what occurred.  In 
> addition, keeping Harry's memories in his pensieve would ensure
that 
> Harry wouldn't have to relive the murder of his parents  later on
if 
> some of these memories ever did decide to "creep" back in to his 
> consciousness.
<still more snips> 
> :: Entropy ::

Now Eustace_Scrubb:
This is an interesting idea.  Dumbledore does seem to have motive,
means and opportunity to do something like this in almost every book.

Two questions, though:  first, it doesn't seem that DD could have kept
Harry's memories of Godric Hollow in the pensieve, for Harry does in
fact have memories of his parents' deaths that apparently began coming
back into his consciousness during his early years with the Dursleys
(the green flash that he assumed must have been the car crash), come a
bit more to the surface after he gets his Hogwarts letter and Hagrid
explains his background and by POA are brought fully into his mind by
the dementors.

The other question:  how many people know about the pensieve and what
it does?  We know that Snape and Harry do, but did Harry tell anyone?
 Could Hagrid "collect" Harry's memories without the actual pensieve
vessel?

Cheers,

Eustace_Scrubb