Snape and Dumbledore on the Tower/ Blood on DD face

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 165338

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Ceridwen" <ceridwennight at ...> wrote:
>
> Ryan:
> > Maybe I'm missing something, but how does the blood on Dumbledore's
> > face prove that he didn't die on the tower?
> 
> Ceridwen:
> The reasoning is, if Dumbledore had died on the tower, his heart would 
> have stopped pumping blood at that moment.  The AK was directed at his 
> chest.  The AK, according to canon, kills instantly.
> 
> Therefore, when he was found at the base of the tower, there should not 
> have been a trail of blood from his mouth as the blood would all have 
> settled low in the body due to gravity.  Dumbledore did not, as Harry 
> saw, fall headfirst, and he didn't apparently land on his head.  He was 
> on his back.  So, the blood would not have been able to go upward 
> without a beating heart to pump it to the mouth.

Pippin:
More than that, the blood is liquid, "a trickle", so that Harry can wipe it
away, thirty minutes later when  Harry reaches the body. Blood normally
clots within a few minutes, so it should have been dry if Dumbledore
died when Harry thought he did. JKR hardly needs to be a
forensics expert to know that.

Pippin