Dumbledore MAY be alive.... and his name may be Godric Gryffindor

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 150312

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Mike Bradshaw" 
<whitetyger69_20002000 at ...> wrote:
 
Mike:

> Next your theory on why Hagrid fetched Harry, well that is very 
> easy.  One, the person needn't blend in with the muggles since the 
> Dursleys went to someplace secluded.  Next Big D knew that they 
> wouldn't let Harry go very easily and that none of the teachers 
> would use magic on muggles for fear of the ministry.  Hagrid however 
> didn't care about that since he never graduated from wizarding school 
> in the first place.  Also he was much more ferocious looking and Big 
> D knew he would have the least trouble getting Harry.

Geoff:
I don't follow your arguments here....

The Dursleys are not in a secluded place. They are in a small suburban development; the 
road which is used in the "media which dare not speak its name" is very typical of housing 
developments on the periphery of many towns and cities in the UK. Also, the meeting 
between Dumbledore, McGonagall and Hagrid occurs in the dark.

On the matter of using magic, Hagrid tells Harry after he gives Dudley a pig's tail:
'"Be grateful if yeh didn't mention that ter anyone at Hogwarts", he said. "I'm - er - not 
supposed to do magic, strictly speakin'. I was allowed ter do a bit ter follow yeh an' get 
your letters to yeh an' stuff - one o' the reasons I was so keen to take on the job -"'
(PS "The Keeper of the Keys" p.48 UK edition)

He obviously had Dumbledore's authority to use some magic; but it was use of this spell 
and the one used to get the boat back to the mainland where he fears he may be 
exceeding his dispensation.

The fact that Hagrid is a daunting character had no bearing on the arrival of Harry at Privet 
Drive; this particular talent wasn't needed until he came to the Hut-on-the-Rock ten years 
later.