"Seeing" the Invisible

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 138568

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Chys Lattes" <maliksthong at y...>
wrote:

> Chys:
> 
> I'm not certain about the see the invisible part, but have you read 
> the book fantastic beasts? There's a Demiguise in it. Its hair is used 
> to make invisibility cloaks and specialists can see it. Perhaps they 
> can see through invisibility cloaks as well?
> 
> This still doesn't explain the cave but in the book I thought it was 
> explained that he could sense the magic in it.
> 
> Chys

bboyminn:

This has been discussed before and if I can find a link, I'll post it.

The short version of my interpretation is that Dumbledore is an old
and wise man. He is not distracted by the moment, and see and hears
things that others simply block out as unimportant. In other words,
Dumbledore is an extremely preceptive person.

Take Harry and Ron hiding under the I-Cloak in Hagrid's hut.
Dumbledore may have heard the creak of a board or the scuff of a shoe,
sounds that others ignored, yet Dumbledore heard and understood them.
He may have seen a sag in the floorboards where Harry and Ron were
standing, felt the heat of their bodies, or may have seen a slight
visual aberration in the air in front of the cloak. All these could
have been the subtle clues that other less aware people ignored as
mundane and insignificant, yet that Dumbledore was very aware of. 

Sometimes to see, all you really have to do it look.

Or perhaps, there are none so blind as those who will not see.

Just one man's opinion.

Steve.bboyminn