How did WW learn LV evaporated?

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 166361

Kvapost:
> > My question is - how did the WW find out about LV's 
> > evaporation? I didn't think there were witnesses willing 
> > to share this with the Daily Prophet? Or were they? 
> >  
> > (ducks and expects to  be flogged for joining the list without 
> > learning HP books by heart) :)
 
Goddlefrood:
> No, no, not at all amd welcome to our feast kvapost. It is a very 
> interesting question. 
<snip>
> Briefly to open, my view is that Hagrid was responsible for 
> spreading the rumours of LV's demise. 
<snip>
> To summarise, Hagrid sped around some wizarding parties during 
> the course of the time he was travelling between Godric's 
> Hollow and Little Whingeing, and well, the rest is surely not 
> for me to specualte on here ;).
> 
> Others may elucidate further, or offer alternatives.


SSSusan:
It *is* an interesting question.  I'm not at all certain, but my 
first thought had to do with those DEs who *were* caught after 
Godric's Hollow... especially those who were willing to speak out in 
hopes of reduced sentences in Azkaban.  Might they have spoken about 
the Dark Marks on their arms, which presumably began to fade??  That, 
plus the fact that he did not call upon them, probably was a sign to 
them that he was either totally gone or somehow "lessened."

Or perhaps you're asking how people found out that Voldy had 
*specifically* "evaporated," as opposed to their just knowing that 
*something* had happened to him at GH?

This is not to discount Goddlefrood's suggestion that "slip-of-the-
lip" Hagrid might well have been responsible for a significant bit of 
the news spreading.  Seems rather likely, too.

Siriusly Snapey Susan