
I’ve always been fascinated by the Thestrals, those skeletal horses Harry first sees in Order of the Phoenix. It’s something fans have debated since 2007! I used to wonder, if Harry saw his parents die as a baby, why didn’t he notice them pulling the Hogwarts carriages from day one? Apparently, J.K. Rowling explained that Harry didn’t truly see his parents’ deaths – or if he did, he was just too young to understand what was happening. That’s why he couldn’t see the Thestrals until after witnessing Cedric Diggory’s death at the end of Goblet of Fire. It all makes sense now!