Is Petunia magical?/Mrs. Figg

[sistermagpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 160319

> Jenni from Alabama
>

> I found the part you were talking about on JK's website where she 
says
> that Squibs can't see dementors. But Mrs. Figg does state in the book
> that she could see the dementors. This makes JK's statement a
> contradiction. Isn't the first time ol' Jo has done this, probably
> won't be the last.

Magpie:
It's not a contradiction.  Mrs Figg is lying, and that's made clear in 
the text when she makes mistakes about what the Dementors look like 
and Harry himself describes her as sounding like she's describing them 
second hand.  JKR is just confirming that Figg was indeed lying.

-m