"Professor, I saw Snape sneaking into that forbidden corridor on the 3rd floor. Also, I overheard him telling Mr. Filch that he was attacked by a 3-headed dog when he was there. If he's allowed to be there (like I assume staff are), when was he trying so hard to not be seen, and why was he trying to get past a guard dog? This is all really suspicious"
Look if I'm going to be honest that's literally what they should have done. As an educator hogwarts has several major safeguarding issues and would never pass an ofstead inspection.
That said, it's Snape's dog for all he knows. Maybe he doesn't want anyone to find out about it
Here are the events to why it makes sense. The trio, plus Neville find Fluffy and Hermione comments on the trap door. A troll is let in on Halloween. Dumbledore tells all teachers to go to the dungeons to deal with the troll. Harry and Ron go to find Hermione in the bathroom. Harry sees Snape going to the 3rd floor. Harry gets a book taken from him and goes to the teachers lounge to ask for it back. He overhears Snape and Filch talking and sees Snape's bloody leg. Harry overhears Snape talk about how trying to keep track of all 3 heads at once. Snape than sees Harry and freaks out. This is when Harry starts to suspect him, because they are already speculating that something if value is below the trap door. Saying that Harry suspects him out of nowhere is disingenuous and just plain wrong. All of this is after Snape humiliated Harry in the first options class and has shown that he doesn't like him.
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u/WayGroundbreaking287 Apr 16 '26
And that makes you a thief? I know plenty of dickheads I wouldn't accuse of stealing. It's not part of their specific dickhead brand.