Is Petunia magical?/Mrs. Figg

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 160304

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jdl3811220" <jlenox2004 at ...> 
wrote:
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> > Lana writes:
> > I just read in the book that Mrs. Figg did not see them.  She
> > was merely guessing.  She couldnt' describe them, but described
> > the feeling.
> 

Jenni:
> No, I'm sorry, you're mistaken! She comes to the hearing and is an
> EYE WITNESS in Harry's defense. She states emphatically that she saw
> them. Two of them, one for each boy - Harry and Dudley. She also
> describes their attack on the boys very accurately.


Potioncat jumps in, racket at the ready:
Nope. She did not see the Dementors. She knew what was happening 
because she knows what Dementors are and she could feel their presence. 
She described them incorrectly at least once in the trial. 

I'm convinced of that. I'm sure DD knew she wasn't telling the conplete 
truth, but she was telling the truth about what happened.  I'm less 
convinced that I've seen an interview in which JKR confirms this. Can't 
find it now anyway.

Potioncat
IWHTL


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