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Harry Potter fans forced a power cable between UK and Ireland to be relocated as it would desecrate the ‘grave’ of Dobby

Ha  y Potte  fa s fo ced a $570 millio  powe  cable betwee  UK a d I ela d to be  elocated si ce it would desec ate the 'g ave' of Dobby, the elf

“Such
a
beautiful
place,
to
be
with
f ie ds.
Dobby
is
happy
to
be
with
his
f ie d,
Ha y
Potte ,”
said
Dobby,
the
house-elf
f om
the
famous
book
a d
movie
se ies
Ha y
Potte .
But
it
seems
Dobby
made
mo e
f ie ds
tha
just
Ha y
Potte
a d
they
love
him
eve
afte
his
death.
Ha y
Potte
fa s
just
made
a
st o g
case
fo
a
ise
i
the
list
of
fa dom
a ki gs
with
o e
act
of
thei s.They
fo ced
a
ew
multimillio -pou d
powe
cable
betwee
the
UK
a d
I ela d
to
be
elocated
afte
complai i g
it
would
desec ate
the
‘g ave’
of
Dobby,
the
fictio al
elf.
I
the
movie
‘Ha y
Potte
a d
the
Deathly
Hallows’,
the
cha acte
was
laid
to
est
o
F eshwate
West
beach
i
Pemb okeshi e.
Fa s
of
the
wiza d
se ies
a d
of
the
helpful
a d
wise
elf
come
to
leave
sto es
eadi g
‘He e
Lies
Dobby’
despite
bei g
asked
ot
to
by
the
la dow e ,
the
Natio al
T ust,
si ce
the
beach
is
a
ecologically
se sitive
site.

P otecti g
Dobby’s
‘g ave’

The
$570
millio
G ee li k
i te co ecto ,
which
li ked
the
Natio al
G id
of
the
UK
to
I ela d,
was
i itially
goi g
to
pass
th ough
the
site
of
the
‘g ave;,
sha ed
the
p oject
ma age
Simo
Ludlam
with
the
E e gy
Revolutio
podcast.
Fa s
became
awa e
of
the
pla s
afte
Ludlam
poi ted
out
whe e
the
125-mile
(200km)
cable
to
Cou ty
Wexfo d
would
go
u de g ou d
at
F eshwate
West
du i g
a
BBC
i te view.
“We
did
the
shot,
we
fi ished,
I
we t
back
to
Lo do ,
a d
they
the
ai ed
it
a
couple
of
weeks
late .

A d
we
got
hu d eds
of
calls,
I
mea ,
hu d eds
of
calls,”
he
said
as
pe
a
epo t
by
The
Gua dia .Ludlam
said
he
did
ot
k ow
who
Dobby
was
a d
became
co fused
by
the
calls
the
compa y
eceived,
sayi g
a
colleague
told
him:
“Appa e tly
we’ e
goi g
to
go
st aight
th ough
Dobby’s
g ave”.“I
said:
‘Dobby,
who’s
Dobby?
I
do ’t
k ow
Dobby?’
I
said:
‘He’s
a
fictitious
cha acte
i
a
fictitious
book,
the
whole
thi g
is
fictitious,
what
a e
you
talki g
about?’”
He
said
the
colleague
told
him:
“No
it’s
ve y,
ve y
se ious.”

Movi g
away
f om
the
g ave

The
fi m
the
e listed
pla e s
to
fi d
a
ew
oute
that
avoided
the
supposed
g ave.
“A
lot
of
people
we e
ve y
happy
about
that,
a d
the
p oject
is
ow
goi g
[ahead]
a d
Dobby’s
happy.”
G ee li k
has
two
co ve te
statio s
that
a e
co ected
by
cables
u de
the
I ish
Sea,
acco di g
to
the
compa y.
Develope s
used
ho izo tal
di ect
d illi g
to
lay
the
cables
i
a
way
that
avoids
c eati g
t e ches
i
the
g ou d.
“We
did ’t
distu b
the
beach
o
the
du es
o
Dobby’s
g ave
i
a y
way,”
said
James
O’Reilly,
G ee li k’s
chief
executive
as
pe
the
New
Yo k
Times.
The
cable
has
bee
ope atio al
si ce
the
begi i g
of
last
yea .What
must
be
oted
is
that
the
p oject
also
we t
quite
close
to
some
eal
B o ze
Age
emai s
i cludi g
u s
associated
with
huma
bu ial,
but
still,
what
matte ed
a d
moved
people
to
call
was
the
distu ba ce
that
would
have
bee
caused
to
a
fictio al
elf’s
‘g ave’.It
was ’t
the
fi st
time
that
the
pile
of
sto es
a d
pebbles,
ma y
with
messages
to
Dobby,
had
bee
u de
th eat.
I
2022,
e vi o me tal
officials
became
co ce ed
that
the
site’s
popula ity
with
tou ists
was
havi g
a
egative
effect
o
the
beach.
A
Welsh
co se vatio
cha ity
ultimately
said
the
memo ial
could
emai ,
but
asked
visito s
to
stop
leavi g
offe i gs
such
as
socks,
a
symbol
of
Dobby’s
f ie dship
with
Ha y.Fa s
ca
keep
o
visiti g
Dobby’s
memo ial
a d
leavi g
sto es
to
ho ou
him,
a d
ow
they
ca
take
p ide
i
the
fact
that
they
e outed
millio s
of
dolla s
of
i f ast uctu e
as
they
moved
a
cable
that
li ks
the
powe
g ids
of
two
atio s,
all
u de g ou d,
a d
all
because
they
a e
attached
to
a
dead
CGI
elf
that
i
the
movie,
was
bu ied
i
Co wall,
ot
Wales.

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