Over Kill with Dementors

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Neil. wrote:
> I'm reading PoA once more before seeing the movie.  Did JKR get a 
little 
> carried away at the Quiddich game? We are told that Dumbledore did 
not want any 
> dementors at Hogwarts, but was basically pushed into allowing them 
to guard the 
> gates.
> 
> How many gates does the school have that there were 100 dementors 
around and 
> why when the stands are full of hundreds of students are they all 
standing 
> around just looking up at Harry?  Are even the dementors impressed 
with his 
> flying skill or does this just not make sense to anyone else?.
> 
> Neil 


Heather says:

One thing that I noticed is that Harry sees 'the Grim" (aka Sirius 
as the dog)in the stands just seconds before the Dementors on the 
pitch begin to affect him.  I think most people read this as being a 
red herring explanation to Harry's nearly fatal fall from his 
broom.  But later Sirius admits to Harry that he was indeed in the 
stands that day and watched Harry fly.  I deduced that the Dementors 
actually came onto the pitch that afternoon because they had tracked 
Sirius there - it's just that no one other than Harry saw him; and 
Harry wasn't telling since he was feeling a little paranoid 
about 'the Grim' and the big to-do that everyone had placed on it.

Heather