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{{quote|The sleepy female Muggle communicated, via a machine called Telephone, the Muggle Crime Watchers Hotline, and immediately the Ministry of Magic Witch Watchers was informed.|''Sirius Black Sighted'', by [[E. Limus]]|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)}} |
{{quote|The sleepy female Muggle communicated, via a machine called Telephone, the Muggle Crime Watchers Hotline, and immediately the Ministry of Magic Witch Watchers was informed.|''Sirius Black Sighted'', by [[E. Limus]]|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)}} |
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| − | [[Sirius Black]] was sighted in [[Dufftown]], near [[Hogwarts Castle]], sometime between [[September 1]] and [[October 31]] [[1993]], by a sleepy [[Muggle]] woman. She called the hotline, which automatically allerted the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]]'s services. A special squad from the Ministry was dispached to [[Dufftown]], as were hundreds of [[Dementor]]s, to the panic of the town's population. However, when they got there, Black was already gone. <ref name="PAf 11"/> |
+ | [[Sirius Black]] was sighted in [[Dufftown]], near [[Hogwarts Castle]], sometime between [[September 1]]st and [[October 31]]st of [[1993]], by a sleepy [[Muggle]] woman. She called the hotline, which automatically allerted the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]]'s services. A special squad from the Ministry was dispached to [[Dufftown]], as were hundreds of [[Dementor]]s, to the panic of the town's population. However, when they got there, Black was already gone. <ref name="PAf 11"/> |
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Revision as of 22:57, 16 November 2009
The Crime Watchers Hotline [1] was a special Muggle hotline set up in the summer of 1993, so that Muggles could report any sighting of Sirius Black, without compromising the knowledge of the existance of the Wizarding world. [2] It was either ran by Ministry of Magic wizards or the Ministry of Magic was aware of the calls the Muggles made to it. [1]
History
Creation
The hotline was set up in around the late July of 1993, [2] presumably by the Ministry of Magic, or by order of the Muggle Prime Minister, who was aware of Sirius Black's real wizard status.
Dufftown sighting
Sirius Black was sighted in Dufftown, near Hogwarts Castle, sometime between September 1st and October 31st of 1993, by a sleepy Muggle woman. She called the hotline, which automatically allerted the Ministry of Magic's services. A special squad from the Ministry was dispached to Dufftown, as were hundreds of Dementors, to the panic of the town's population. However, when they got there, Black was already gone. [1]
Appearances
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (First mentioned)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film) (First identified as Crime Watchers Hotline)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film) - Chapter 11 (Boggart in the Wardrobe)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - Chapter 2 (Aunt Marge's Big Mistake)