Transfer Godric's Hollow to Privet Drive

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 127495


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "schappi02" <fschapp at g...> wrote:
> 
> Has anyone an idea, why it tooks one day for Dumbledore and Hagrid to
> find Harry in his destroyed home and take him to his aunt and uncle.
> The attack of Voldi took place in the night of Halloween, the arrival
> of Hagrid with Harry was about midnight the following day. This is a
> long time for a wizard with a flying bike, isn't it? And Harry was
> sleeping, not crying of hunger or thirst.

Jen: You've pointed out one of the huge, unanswered mysteries of the 
series! There's been much speculation about the missing 24-hours. 
Unfortunately my HPFGU homepage isn't loading correctly to search the 
Fantastic posts section at this site, but I did find a huge analysis 
on the Lexicon:

http://www.hp-lexicon.org/timelines/essays/timeline_potters.html

Most speculation includes Harry being whisked away to a home for 
safekeeping, presumably to someone who might know a little more about 
babies than Hagrid. (Although you might make a case that Hagrid could 
at least feed and diaper a baby after all his time raising interestin' 
creatures <g>).

My favorite explanation is the Longbottoms. Neville would have been 
the same age, and Alice would have all the supplies and know-how to 
care for Harry. Another speculation is Mrs. Figg (refer to Lexicon).

Hopefully the long-awaited first chapter of HBP will answer this 
question, if speculation is correct that Chap. 1 will finally reveal 
the secret of Godric's Hollow.

Jen

(If the Lexicon address gets cut off, just go to the Lexicon homepage 
and search for 'Missing 24 hours')