What about the Door?

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No: HPFGUIDX 99491

I started to add this to a running post about Sirius and Severus and 
the prank, but it's enough different to make a new, baggage-free 
post.

I've no doubt that Sirius was impulsive and did not intend for 
Severus to be killed. He should have been held accountible if 
Severus had been injured. I believe Snape feels that Black was 
trying to kill him.  James thought that Severus was in danger. Lupin 
(current WW time) thinks Severus was in danger.

Let's see, every month Remus is taken to the Shack.  The other three 
go through the tunnel and join him.  He's in the shack, not the 
tunnel, and cannot get out.  They can get into the Shack.  

Severus is tricked into going through the tunnel.  James goes after 
him to save him from the werewolf.  Severus sees the werewolf just 
before he's dragged away.

Isn't the werewolf on the other side of the door?  Why would Severus 
have even opened the door if he could see that there was a werewolf 
on the other side?  Didn't Lupin say he made horrible noises and 
sounds when he was in the werewolf state?  So wouldn't Severus had 
heard something when he got close, even if he didn't see the 
werewolf?  Seems to me he would have seen it, heard it and gone back 
to tell everyone.  What am I missing?

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