Disappearances and Nagini

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 158556

--- "justcarol67" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:
>
> ..., Dumbledore mistakenly states in HBP that Voldemort 
> used Nagini to kill Frank Bryce ..., but possibly DD 
> isn't entirely mistaken. In GoF he states that Frank 
> Bryce, like Bertha Jorkins, *disappeared.* IOW, his body
> was never found. Since Voldemort planned to feed first 
> Wormtail ... to Nagini after killing them, 
> 
> Carol, ...


bboyminn:

Correct me if I'm wrong but Dumbledore says he found out
about Frank Bryces death by reading it in the muggle
newspaper, and when he speaks of Nagini killing, he says
'muggle' but he doesn't specifically mention Frank.


If it was in the news, then there must have been a body
and Dumbledore doesn't say Nagini killed Frank, just that 
Nagini killed a muggle. 

Now it is true, we don't know of any other muggles that I
can think of, but we should look carefully before we jump
the gun. 

I suppose it is possible that JKR simply made a mistake
in implying that Nagini might have killed Frank, or as
others have speculated may be she is dropping a clue that
will become important later. Maybe she is dropping a 
piece of the puzzle that Harry will eventually put 
together. 

In the last two books the veil of innocence relative to 
Dumbledore has been dropping away from Harry's eyes. We 
see Dumbledore more human and more fallible than ever 
before. Maybe we are seeing what Harry will eventualy 
discover was a mistake in Dumbledore's logic. It's the 
old Student surpasses the Master theme. Or perhaps it is 
insignificant.

But regardless of what it /IS/, we should make sure we are
all operating from the same set of proper information.

Steve/bboyminn