Why didn't basilisk kill?

[career advisor]

No: HPFGUIDX 160568

<<Maria: 
 I think the main Basilisk was under the rule/spell of Tom Riddle and did his
 bidding.  He petrified those as a bait/lure for Harry Potter! 
   
 Donna: 
 My thinking is, once petrified, the victim isn't wake or alert enough for the basilisk to look them in the eye (or look into the basilisk's eye). My understanding is the basilisk kills by looking directly eye-to-eye, referring to Myrtle's description of when she died.>>

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DA Jones here: Well, normally the Basilisk kills people with their glare and then eats them. They don't turn to stone unless they are lucky enough to meet its glare through a mirror.

Nearly Headless Nick meet its stare head on, but can't die since he is a ghost so the sort of 'defaul' action' occured. Inamimate objects the ballisk stares at with 'intent' (all magic in HP universe seems to operate with intent) turn to stone or animated objects if relfected off a mirrored surface. The enire Chamber of Secrets seemed to be  made of stone (ever wonder why?) 

Anything alive just seems to die; which means it becomes the bassilisks lunch.     
The bassilisk was just extermly unlucky that it wasn't getting 'lunch'. Did they ever find Myrtle's body? Or did she just go as a ghost to her common room and report her death to the head of house. 

DA Jones



 
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