Another silly question

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 187270

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "zanooda2" <zanooda2 at ...> wrote:

Carol:
> > And, BTW, any theories as to how the Basilisk attacked the 
> > students in other locations than outside Moaning Myrtle's 
> > bathroom? Yes, it can travel through the pipes, but how can 
> > it get out of the pipes if it's not near the exit/entrance 
> > to the Chamber of Secrets?

zanooda: 
> I think Basilisk always got out of the pipes in MM's bathroom and then just used corridors to move through the castle until it met someone to Petrify :-). Of course it's strange that no one ever noticed an enormous snake in a corridor :-). OTOH, the first attack happened right outside the bathroom, the second one (Colin) happened at night and the fourth one (Hermione and Penelope) happened when everybody was at a Quidditch game. 

Geoff:
Like Carol, I am a trifle puzzled as to how a whopping great snake got 
out of the pipes via a toilet. Did Riddles use a shrinking spell or something 
similar on it?