- "People used to play a game, trying to get near enough to touch the trunk. In the end, a boy called Davey Gudgeon nearly lost an eye, and we were forbidden to go near it."
- — Remus Lupin regarding the violent nature of this tree[src]
Davey Gudgeon was a wizard and student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the 1970s.[2]
Biography[]
Gudgeon nearly lost his eye trying to get close enough to the Whomping Willow to touch its trunk as part of a game. Ever since the incident, students were forbidden to go near the tree for their own safety, and possibly for the tree's own safety as well.[2]
Appearances[]
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (First mentioned)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ "World Exclusive Interview with J K Rowling," South West News Service, 8 July 2000 - "Hogwarts just serves Britain and Ireland."
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 10 (The Marauder's Map)