Cats/ Squibs and Mrs. Figg ( was Curse Scars/Cats/Occulmency)

[Tonks]

No: HPFGUIDX 121493


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "mhbobbin" <mhbobbin at y...> 
wrote:
> mhbobbin writes:
> 
> Interesting observation about the cats' names.  Maybe Crookshanks 
is not Mr. Crookshanks because he's half-kneazle, and he clearly 
isn't living with a Squib in Hermione.
> 
> I think Mrs. Figg is something more than she appears and I don't 
> completely trust that she's a squib. 

Tonks here:

I just visited JKR's website. She says that Mrs. Figgs has a 
business selling cross bred cats and Kneazles.  She also says that 
Mrs. Figg is a Squib and can not see the dementors. But Squibs can 
use *magical objects*... whatever that means.

Tonks_op