Riddle Bits

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No: HPFGUIDX 115128



Two little bits about Riddle stick in my mind and I'm wondering if 
there are any theories, new or from previous discussions, about them.

The first is in Cos Chapter 13, when Harry contemplates the name Tom 
Riddle: "And while Harry was sure he'd never heard the name T.M. 
Riddle before, it seemed to mean something to him, almost as though 
Riddle was a friend he'd had when he was very small, and had half-
forgotten. But this was absurd. He'd never had friends before 
Hogwarts, Dudley made sure of it."

Is this memory really Harry's? Or is it a glimmer of what LV left in 
his brain that is vaguely remembering the name Tom Riddle?
Or did Harry hear the name when he was an baby? or a small child at 
the Dursleys?  
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second bit: In the first chapter of GoF, the murders of the Riddles 
of Little Hangleton are described. Frank Bryce told the police "the 
only person he had seen near the house on the day of the Riddles' 
deaths had been a teenage boy, a stranger, dark-haired and pale. 
Nobody else in the village had seen any such boy..."

Of course, we automatically assume the teenage boy is Tom Riddle, 
there to murder his muggle father and grandparents. I still lean 
towards believing that. But in examining everything that Riddle did 
on his way to becoming LV, well, we have so little information. 
So on re-examination, has anyone else seen a theory, or considered, 
that the teenage boy that Frank sees is not Tom (Lv) Riddle but 
rather Time Turner Harry, going back to look for Riddle. Maybe to 
learn something about Riddle on a date (due to the obituaries) where 
Harry knew where to find him with few people around to see him. I 
know Time Turning is unpopular, but I am still curious about this 
bit.

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