The lack of Obliviators and the Press at GH was Godric's Hollow

[Kemper]

No: HPFGUIDX 149873

 Carol wrote:
> ...Snip Carol's well thought out theory on what happened to the bodies...
> I do think, though, as
> an aside, that the AKs, including the failed one, must have registered
> on the MoM's radar, and they would have come to investigate *before*
> Hagrid left the scene, along with some reporters and photographers
> from the Daily Prophet, and to Obliviate any interfering Muggles.
> There must have been photos in the next morning's Prophet of the Boy
> Who Lived, showing the soon-to-be-famous scar, the demolished house,
> and the recognizable remnants of Voldemort. But that can't be how DD
> found out about it because Hagrid is the first person on the scene.
>

Kemper now:
Even if the AKs registered with the MoM, the sight of the killings, Godric's
Hollow, is still a  secret kept within Peter.  I'm guessing only those who
knew the secret, could see the devastation of the rebounded and intensified
curse, ergo Obiviators would not be needed because neighborhood Muggles
would not have seen anything and the press would have nothing to report..

Unless of course the secret is "The Potters are staying at their house."  If
the house is destroyed, I would think the secret would be as well.  But if
the secret was "The Potters are staying at 731 Rowling Lane, in Godrics
Hollow", then the secret is still safe because the place (address) still
exists even though the house might not.

 -Kemper


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