Blood Protection/Dumbledore and Harry

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 158770

a_svirn wrote:
> I am not talking about the fact of the attack here. The ministry 
> would have found bodies and wreckage, but how could they learn about 
> that rebounded AK? There had been no precedents. Even if the Aurors 
> suspected that the scar was from some curse they wouldn't have known 
> for sure and certainly the sheer speed the boy-who-lived story took 
> root with makes the involvement of the ministry officials doubtful. 
> The person who started the rumour *knew* what happened, told part of 
> the story and left some important details out. 
> 
> As for anxious fellow death eaters it's possible that if the traitor 
> was there he could share the information. But it wouldn't have been 
> the same version that, say, Dedalus Diggle and other celebrating 
> learned. <snip>

Carol responds:
It's almost certain that Peter Pettigrew was present at Godric's
Hollow. Maybe he waited around long enough (in rat form) to see Hagrid
find Harry and Black give him his motorcycle. then he could reverse
the story--he realized that Black was missing, hurried to godric's
Hollow to prevent catastrophe, and arrived too late to save the
Potters. He could mention the scar and say that Black tried to take
the baby away but Hagrid was taking him to Dumbledore. 

Or the Ministry could just show up to investigate and contact
Dumbledore as a matter of course as someone who knew the Potters and
might have an idea what had happened.

I agree that the information was published very quickly, which must
mean that the Ministry passed it on to the Daily Prophet almost
immediately, but I don't think that Dumbledore, who was trying to
protect Harry, volunteered it.

Carol, hoping that the missing twenty-four hours will be adequately
explained and aren't just another example of JKR's hopelessness at "maths"