Albus again/ Chapter 29 ???s/ Snape DADA / Albus Memory Charm / Snape DADA

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No: HPFGUIDX 184419


> Carol responds:
> But was Bathilda's corpse an Inferius? My impression was that Nagini
> was inhabiting/possessing the corpse, able to beckon and walk clumsily
> but not to remove items from shelves, start a fire, etc. (not to
> mention clean house!) and, of course, she spoke only Parseltongue--not
> something an Inferius could do. I think that Nagini, not Voldemort,
> was controlling Bathilda's corpse, and the ruse worked only because
> Bathilda was very old and known to be senile.

Potioncat:

Bathilda was a dead body being animated by a Dark Wizard. Having a 
snake inside made her a deluxe version, I suppose. I would not have 
wanted to be on the CSI team that evaluated her body.

At any rate, it's close enough to an Inferius for me. I mean, I was 
right there with Harry and Hermione not even catching on that she was 
dead--of couse I couldn't smell the odor, and that might have tipped me 
off.

It's sad though. Sounds like her house had been un-lived in for a 
while. Wasn't anyone checking on her? Maybe there was an enchantment on 
the house that caused visitors to forget to call.