What about the Door?

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 99569

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> Carolyn:

snipping quote<<
 It also  only comments on his admiration for the Marauder's working 
out how to  become Animagi without him knowing, not that he wasn't 
subsequently aware of a werewolf accompanied by two huge animals 
roving the  grounds. And he more or less admits that he was 
previously aware of  the unusual form that James' patronus took.
> 
>snip< 
> [And that's another person who must have spotted the four of them -
 
> Hagrid loves big dangerous animals, and was already an apprentice 
> gamekeeper during their time at school. He would be the most 
obvious 
> person to keep Dumbledore informed, even if he had no idea who the 
> werewolf really was - again, surely he would?]
> 
> The alternative is assume SillyOldBuffer!Dumbledore - which I am 
> greatly tempted to do at times.
> 


Potioncat:
Wow, a lot to think about.  I'm not sure if Jo missed some details 
in her plot and these are holes.  Or if there will more to learn.  I 
used to think it was hardfast that DD did NOT know about the 
animagi. Now I'm not so sure. 

Unless he somehow blocked the shack from entry (Dementors perhaps)  
that tunnel would have worked for Black to use into the castle. DD 
would have to know that Black knew how to manage the tunnel.  Now, 
if DD knew all along that Black was innocent....

Surely though, he never suspected Scabbers was Pettigrew?

Back to Hagrid, I could see him knowing about the marauders and 
keeping quiet at the time.  He keeps quiet about Harry.  But I can't 
see even Hagrid forgetting that detail once Harry was at school and 
Black had escaped.  Hagrid certainly believed Black was guilty.

Oh, BTW, it was James' Animagus and Harry's Patronus that were 
stags.  We don't know what James' Patronus would be.

Potioncat