Question #3

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 183382

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "kennyg1864" <kennyg1864 at ...> 
wrote:
> And there really wasn't any evidence remaining at Godric's Hollow
> for the inevitable reporters--just his parents' bodies, and a
> ruined second floor.  And a missing baby, but there's no reason to 
> assume he survived.  Even if Bathilda dropped by (as a noted 
> historian), she wouldn't have known anything more (assuming Hagrid 
> snatched him away before she got there).

Jen: Hagrid said he removed baby Harry before the Muggles started 
swarming.  It's still possible that the magical families in Godric's 
Hollow, which was a 'community within a community', heard the 
screams, saw the green lights that they knew were AKs, and 
investigated the scene.  The Fidelius was broken before LV arrived so 
the Potters weren't hidden during the events.  

Even if the villagers correctly deduced LV was the one casting the 
AKs - the little boy out trick o' treating seemed to recognize him or 
at least realized he was scary - I can't figure out how eveyone knew 
LV was gone instead of apparating out, or that he'd definitely tried 
to kill baby Harry rather than Harry having a scar from surviving 
flying house debris.  I don't think DD wanted it widely known since 
he was intent on getting Harry out of the WW & to safety.