Jo's Squib error?

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 123914


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dungrollin"
<spotthedungbeetle at h...> wrote:

> 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 
> occassion.  

> 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.


bboyminn:

Just read that last night, and I agree with you that Figg doesn't
arrive 'on-page' until after the Dementors are gone, but clearly she
arrived 'on-scene' before she arrived 'on-page'. 

It was Mrs Figg who brings up the subject of Dementors and mentions
them several times. To my memory, in that scene, Harry never once
mentions Dementors. 

So, even though we didn't see Figg, she certainly saw what was going
on, and while JKR has ruled that Figg didn't see the Dementors, it's
clear she felt them and knew what they were. In addtion, she witness
the counter-attack by Harry's Patronus, and as I mentioned before,
there would be no logical reason for a Patronus to attack once, much
less twice, unless there were indeed Dementors to there to attack.

On your main point, I agree; whether or not Mrs Figg, in that one
circumstance, saw Dementors, does not dictate whether Squibs in
general are able to see them.

For what it's worth.

Steve/bboyminn