The Truth about the 6th Harry Potter Book

[Pat]

No: HPFGUIDX 137124

"brandon" wrote:
> I feel that Dumbledore is still alive... Some...might argue that  
> since Professor Snape used the Avada Kedavra, the killing spell,  
> on Dumbledore that Dumbledore must be dead....I believe that      
> Professor Snape was only pretending to kill Dumbledore...         
> Dumbledore knew that Draco "had been trying to kill him all year" 
> (pg585). 

I agree with most of your theory.  I had just read Dumbledore's 
death again, and had other ideas about a fake death. Up until now, I 
had not been reading this type of thread, and don't think it's 
humanly possible to catch up on them, so my apologies if I have the 
same ideas as others have had.  However, I tend not to...

Avada Kedavra shouldn't have made Dumbledore fly up into the air.  
It didn't do that to Cedric.  He just had a surprised look and fell, 
with his eyes open.  Dumbledore's eyes were closed. Jo also 
mentioned he fell out of sight.  

So this is what I'm thinking. You have to really mean the 
Unforgivable Curses to do them, that has been mentioned several 
times.  Snape is one of the strongest at Occlumency and Legilimency, 
maybe the strongest if he's fooling Voldemort, so he has excellent 
mind control.  In this book, the usefulness of not saying an 
incantation was also stressed.  What if Snape was able to say Avada 
Kedravra, not mean it, and instead do a non-verbal spell to send 
Dumbledore up into the air.  Once out of sight, he could use a spell 
or turn into something to get him safely to the ground where he 
could play dead.  We saw a similar idea at Slughorn's house - maybe 
Dumbledore even used the idea, much like Draco copied some ideas 
from Hermione and the DA.  This is all recycling things Jo showed us.

As far as the portrait appearing in the headmaster's office, they 
had time to think to include that in the plan, and to plan the 
funeral. At the funeral, the flames, followed by Harry thinking he 
saw a Phoenix fly away, followed immediately by the table being 
covered leaves me convinced that Dumbledore either flew away or 
Disapparated during that.  Previously, whenever Harry "thought it 
was as if", it was, so why should this one be different?

The barman of the Hogshead was mentioned as being at the funeral.  
That would be Aberforth Dumbledore, no? That reminded me that Albus 
and Aberforth looked somewhat alike.  Albus could pass himself off 
as Aberforth, and continue to come and go from the Hogshead, as he 
had already been doing.  That wouldn't be much of a stretch, either.

Pat