# Forbidden Forest - Unspoiled Harry Potter Mafia Discussion

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**Created:** [June 27, 2010, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forbidden-forest-unspoiled-harry-potter-mafia-discussion/544719 "2010-06-27T22:22:18Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forbidden-forest-unspoiled-harry-potter-mafia-discussion/544719/233 "2010-07-26T21:28:54Z")

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> [@Harry Potter Mafia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-mafia/544429/618):
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> The other is that the Snitch was the thing they handed out to all the contestants in Goblet of Fire, and that Harry had to unlock to hear a message about one of the feats in the tournament, so there’s a precedent for it being a mechanism to pass secret information along.

FTR, Jimmy has misremembered. It was a golden egg, not a snitch.

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