[HPforGrownups] Hagrid Flying

[Random832]

No: HPFGUIDX 173662

Laura Lynn Walsh wrote:
> Since I am now finished with the last book, I decided to
> go back and re-read everything.  And now I have a
> question.  In the first book, when Hagrid shows up at
> Privet Drive, DD is surprised that he comes on Sirius'
> motorbike.  And 10 years later, when Harry asks him
> how he got to the Hut on the Rock, he says he flew.
> If he is too big to ride on broomsticks or thestrals (acc.
> to DH p. 53 US ed.), how did Dumbledore expect him
> to get Harry to Privet Drive?  The only choice I can
> think of is hippogriff, unless Hagrid, too, can fly without
> means of support.  Other ideas?
> 
> Laura

Well, there's the motorcycle, same then as now. Or...

"How did you get here?" Harry asked, looking around for another boat.
"Flew," said Hagrid.

At this point, Harry does not know the word "Floo".

There could be another building on the island itself that he Floo'd 
into, or perhaps this is how he got to the vicinity and he didn't 
consider his means of getting to the island itself important.

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Random832