Jo's Squib error?

[dungrollin]

No: HPFGUIDX 123878



> Carol wrote:
> I believed Foggy, too, until I read the information on Squibs in 
> the Extra Stuff Miscellaneous section of JKR's website. We can tell
> ourselves that the site isn't really canon and that JKR is confused
> again (as she clearly is and was about the older Weasley sons' ages
> and the number of students at Hogwarts), but the fact remains that 
> she has unambiguously stated that Mrs. Figg can't see Dementors. 

<snip>

 "Incidentally, Arabella Figg
> never did see the Dementors that attacked Harry and Dudley." Unlike
> many of her statements (mostly from interviews and chat), this one 
> is uninterrupted, written by JKR herself rather than transcribed, 
> and completely clear. Would that it weren't.

Dungrollin:
I'm surprised you take it so seriously, Carol! She never said squibs 
*can't* see dementors, she just said the Figgy *didn't* on this 
occasion.  If you check out your OotP, the end of chapter 1: Dudley 
Demented, you'll see that Mrs. Figg doesn't even arrive until *well* 
after the Dementors have left, so she couldn't have seen them (even 
if she could see them, if you see what I mean...).  Whether squibs 
can/can't see dementors is still an open question.