Hey I looked for one of these but I couldn't find one. If so close I don't care. So could you see a threstral? If it's not to hard tell us about it

hmm, you can only see thestrals when someone has died right in front of you, right? (Harry could see them in the fifth book after Cedrics dead in the fourth, I guess)

Would I be able to see a thestral ... No absolutely not. For which I am so far very thankful. I've never been around death. There is only one circumstance where I would maybe wish that I could.

If someone was dying and they needed a hand to hold, then I would want to be there for them, whether I knew them or not. I couldn't imagine anything worse than dying scared and alone.

Unfortunately, I have to say that I would be able to see thestrals.

My wife's stepfather was very ill (pancreatic cancer) and we were all there when he passed away in hospital. He was 54.

Hopefully none of you have to live through that...

Cheers!

Do you have to have actually seen someone die? just wondering, if yea, then i wouldnt be able to see them, but ive seens a few people dying, and a few bodys just after death, including when rigour mortis is setting in, creepy, theirhead stayd up as if it was still on the pillow., but never the bit where they actually die. though im not holding out much hope i never will unfortunatly.

Yes I would be able to see a Thestral.

I was with my Grandot- along with my parents and my aunt and uncle- when she died earlier this year. It was really hard to be in that position, but at least she died peacefully. I would hate to watch someone die because they've been killed.

I unfortunatley would be able to see them. My Great Uncle was in the hospital getting a quadruple bypass but the surgery went wrong and they couldn't unclog his arteries. We went to go visit him and he died right there on the bed. I was 11 then and it was sad. I think I was more upset about seeing someone die though because unlike my Father and Grandmother I never really knew him all that well. So yes I would be able to see them.

Hey...how morbid are we???

Alas...no I can not see thestrals either. I am quite thankul for that too. I do not think I would really want to see them anyways. I go for the cute and cuddley things myself!

Yeah, unfortuneately I would be able to. I was at the hospital because I had broken my wrist, and they rushed in someone who was in an accident, but as they brought him in, he died. It was really sad and depressing.

i'm in the same boat that omerus is in. i can see them due to cancer. i went to visit my great aunt. i was the only one in the family who hadn't done that. so my father and i went down to see her. it was the last day there and my great uncle called the hospice people. she was on morphine. she wasn't going to get better. so he went in with an upped dosage. this was all found out later. we just thought he was giving her the normal amount. everyone except joe, my great uncle, were in the kitchen. i could see him give it to her. he was talking, saying goodbye, though we couldn't hear. i didn't look away. i just watched this scene while everyone else was talking about other things. he walked back in and called the doctor to report the time of death. she breathed very loudly during that time. when i think back on the moment, i can still hear her last breath. one of the few times i ever cried when not reading a book/movie/video game.

Wow I didn't think anyone would go on this, cool! Your all so brave having to put up with those visons and rememberance of death.

gred

i'd have to say that yes i could see them. not because of me seeing a loved one die however. i'm a nurse and i work with premature babies and sick newborns. i've had the unfornutate experience of taking care of babies that either pass unexpectedly or parents have chosen to let them go. please don't think this happens frequently however, but it is difficult when it does.

Unfortunately I would be able to see a threstral.
When I was a kid I volunteered at a hospital and my job was really quite simple. I would read or play board games with some of the patients; it was really very rewarding for me. Well, there was this old man whose wife past away a few years prior and he didn't have family in the area; he was being treated for congestive heart failure and was in the hospital for about a week. I remember going into his room, chatting a bit, and all of a sudden he had a heart attack. The nurses came in and then the doctor. But there was nothing that could be done. He moved on.
Goodness, thirteen years later and I can still remember every conversation I had with this old man.

I too could see a threstal. I was holding my great grandmother's hand when she died. I was thirteen years old. I also saw my pet cat die. I wonder if that counts or if it has to be human death?

I can't imagine seeing somebody die....the closest I've been is seeing my grandma in the hospital while she had lung cancer...It was really sad for me to see her like that, because she was usually so lively. But they had her on something, and it made her so tired that she would just randomly fall asleep while we were talking to her. I remember holding her hand for the longest time while she was sleeping, wishing that I had talked with her more when she wasn't sick.

She died a couple weeks after I went home. I think the worst part was the funeral...She looked so much different than her usualy lively self.

thestrals can only be seen if you have seen people who had died in front of you. harry was able to see a thestral coz' he has seen cedric died in the graveyard. i hope i can't see a person die in front of me especially my loved ones. but if it's god's will to let me see them die, then i have no choice but to accept the great truth that they had already left me and they're already gone. then probably i'll be seeing a thestral.

I could not.... but I have a question I have not seen mentioned (maybe I just missed it).

Why can't Harry see the Vesteals at the end of book 4 when they ride back to the train?

Is there some kind of waiting period (like buying a pistol lol) between seeing a death and being able to see a Vestral?

Would they kinda fade in or is it like a light switch?

Im just one for continuity... I would think if he saw them at the beginning of year 5 he should have seen them at the end of book four.

Or am I missing something?

Silver

I wouldn't be able to see a Threstral because I have never in my whole life have someone die in front of me. I am only 16 though.

Hmm... I've never actually watched someone die, but I was with my grandpa about five minutes before he died. My mum and I went to visit him in the nursing home, but he was in a really bad way and couldn't even focus his eyes on anything, so my mum decided we should leave. She kept saying how we would visit another time when he was doing better, but I knew in my heart that he was dying. He was my dad's dad, and I kept trying to call my dad as we were driving home, but the line was busy and my mum kept saying that it didn't matter. I was really freaking out, and then when we got home the nursing home called and said that he had passed. At the time, I think I blamed myself a bit for not staying with him. I dunno, it was all very scary and sad.

Yeah, Meggie... I know what you mean. I had to leave my grandpa in hospital last year. I knew he would be dying within the next days, but they wanted me to go back to university. *sigh*
It was so bad... leaving... knowing I would never see him again... I can still remember the way he held my hand when I left.

But I am glad to say: I never actually saw someone die. Animals don't count, right?) So I wouldn't see Thestrals.

Flutterflie

I've watched a goldfish die--does that count?

Anyway--no, I've never seen anyone die. My dad saw his dad die, though, in a hospital of a brain tumor.

And sorry to all those who can see thestrals.

unless hampsters count (which they dont) no I cant see Threstles nor do I ever WANT to be able to..I have never really even came close to seeing someone die...I mean I have lost 2 grandparetns but I was not there when they passed...
Thats probably my greatest fear though..seeing someone I am close to die...

No!! And, *knock on wood*, I am extremely thankful and god forbid anybody whould ever have to witness a death, especially of a loved one

I have never seen anybody die face to face. It must be awful. I can't imagine how I would feel about it at the time.

I, very fortunately, would not be able to see a thestral. even though i am only 13 and I (very very hopefully!) have alot of life yet to be lived, i hope that i never have to experiance something so heart-wrenching and terrible. I'm sorry for the drama, but death is probably one of my greatest fears, even though i strongly believe that it is truly the "next greatest adventure"...

Hmmm...I have a really, really random question:
Do you think that witnessing your OWN death would allow you to see thestrals. For example, Nearly Headless Nick....he "saw" his own death, but now returned was an imprint of a departed soul, also known as a ghost. Would Nick be able to see thestrals?

That would be pretty interesting. Sorry about the randomness of this question....I do not know what got over me



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I, in the wizarding world, would in fact be able to see a thestral.. i mean, i always wondered what they were like... anyway, yeah. A couple years back my grandma's sister was lying in bed, at home.. with cancer.. out of hospice care..and she was sleeping.. but all of a sudden she just struggled for breath, and... gave out.. :T oh well..

and in regards to felix_felicis_444...

*ahem...points at name*

unfortunately I could! Tres uncool as it is! Not something I'd like to discuss, though the fact that i would be able to occured to me while reading the book, and thusly my name spawned from that...its a play on "I see dead people!", get it...*gafaw chortle* im so clever.

I would not be able to see a Thestral, and I'm glad I can't. I can't imagine how it would feel to have someone die in front of you and I feel really sorry for all those people who can see Thestrals .

Happy posting,

dragontamer

This is quite depressing reading.
But I can not see thestrals.
Not something to complain about I know.
But I think that you have to see a loved person die first. It said something on JKR's website about how it has to sink in first, or something because Harry couln't see them when he was going home after Cedrics death. He had to wait for it to sink in over the summer.

No I would not be able to see one. And I don't think that I ever want to. Not that there not adoring creatures, I just don't ever want to see someone pass away in front of me. I had a hard enough time when my brother past away last spring. The way my older brother described him was sickening and I don't think I could have endured it.

Well, seeing a threstal means you've seen death. I've never seen someone die in front of me, but I've been at funeral wakes. Also, I saw my great-grandmother a few hours before she died. She was hooked up to all the machines, and about to be taken off and laid to rest in peace. So I guess I've seen death, but I'm not sure if I would see a threstal...

no...well...i have seen dead people but i never saw someone dying in front of me...i'm glad about that but i wish i could see a threstal as well. it would be interesting but i also don't want to see someone dying. it makes me soo sad.

No, I wouldn't be able to see them. My aunt's and uncles and a couple of my cousins would too, though, because they were there when my aunt Peggy died.

I would be able to see them.
Me and my friend were at the park, climbing a tree and then this person got shot and he died straight away. I never actually found out what happened, we were too scared to do anything except run.....then we called the police from a phone box 5 minutes down the road....i don't even remember where we were.....

I myself could not see thestrals. I would like to see them if it weren't for the fact that you have to see someone die to be able to see them. I really don't want to see somebody die because it would be pretty depressing.

Nope, I definately would not be able to see them.

No i couldn't see a thestral, and i really don't want to be able to! It's to big a sacrifice having to witness somone dying in order to see them, i mean if someone said you can see them without seeing someone dying i would say yes, but i wouldn't go out of my way to see someone die just to see 'em!

I have never seen a threstral. I don't think I would want to, either. Well, i sometimes do want to see them, when my sister is annoying me too much. Other then her, I don't think I would want to see anyone die. Nope, no seeing threstals for me!

Lachy

Fortunately, I cannot see thestrals. All I can do is hope with all my heart that such a thing does not change. Death is an idea that just really frightens me in general, and witnessing a death would make that fear even worse. Thestrals would be a constant reminder of that, so I don't even want to see one.

By the way, I picture thestrals to look just like unicorns, but smaller, and clear. Whether they actually look like that or not, I don't know, but I think I'd rather stick with that mental picture than actually see one.

I could see the threstrals. March 3rd, 1999, when I was five years old I stood by my grandfather's bed so I could be there with him when he died. I was holding his hand. I was one of the last people he talked to when he was conscious a few days before he died. He said "Mal, would you like some of this candy?" and my grandmother tells me my face lit up because he actually called me Mal for once instead of "Dee".

Anyway, I saw my grandfather die when I was five so I would most likely be able to see the threstrals.

yeah i would be able to see a thestral. i was one of the lucky ones to witness and be a victim in a shooting that involved 63 gunshots that killed my brother and my parents, as well as 27 other people, and shot me in the arm, so yes i can see thestrals. ohh and also please do not pm me saying you feel so sorry for me. i realize that that inncident is a horrible one but i really dont think about that much anymore. so yeah i guess i can.

i have a question does it matter if its a person dying or can it be an animal or a fish??? just wondering about that.


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cassie

I dont recall seeing death, but I may be mistaken. we all have to taken into account the difference between murder and death of natural causes, which have been mentioned in previous posts. I have not seen either, but I have seen people already dead. I saw my grandmother who was dead at her funeral wake.

I don't neccesarily feel bad for those who have seen death, but for the ones that have died at the hands of another. nobody should see someone be murdered, it would scar you for life, especially seeing that at a young age.

No, i wouldn't be able to unless it counts if you saw your pet die, yes i find this thread a bit depresing, i always did wonder what was pulling those carriages until i read the 5th.

No i wouldn't be able to see a threstral no one has died in front of me many people i know have died but none have actually dropped dead in front of me. Thank God

i saw a corpse once, and it wasnt' a nice view... it was in an accident i suposse, the poor guy was covered with a plastic bag, and blood was everywhere near him. so i think i could see those thestrals....

Yes. And I do not wan't to talk about it.

No i never ever saw any threstal because for seeing threstal you should have to seen a death.And i can't see any death and don't want to see any death