New Clue - Graveyard at Hogwarts

[earendil_fr]

No: HPFGUIDX 99727

arealin wrote:
> I think that maybe the graveyard has something to do with ghosts. 
> Perhaps all the ghosts who inhabit Hogwarts are buried there. We 
> might find out more about ghosts and the rules of their existence. 
> Anyway, it would just make sense to me if that's what the 
graveyard 
> was there for.

Earendil:
That's a very, very interesting idea you have here. After hearing 
that piece of information, I was wondering why there would be a 
graveyard at Hogwarts at all, and how it could come into play. But 
the whole ghosts mystery really makes sense.

If Hogwarts' ghosts were buried there, it explains why they haunt 
Hogwarts while they might have died somewhere else. Apart from 
Myrtle and Binns, we have no information on where they died, but 
judging from Nick's story (the book's version is edited, you can 
find the full original story on JKR's new website) he's very likely 
to have died somewhere else.

Also, there could be non-ghosts buried in that graveyard. So who 
could possibly have been buried there? Honestly, I don't buy the 
James&Lily theory. I can think of no reason why they would have been 
buried at Hogwarts (unless it has some unknown obscure property). If 
anyone can explain why they would have been buried *specifically* at 
Hogwarts and not somewhere else, please share!

OTOH, I could picture the founders being buried there... *That* 
would make sense...

Earendil, amazed to see how we all manage to speculate on tidbits of 
unconfirmed information ;-)