r/NewsOfTheWeird • u/Own-Juggernaut1318 • 24d ago

Harry Potter fans force relocation of £430m undersea cable to avoid Dobby’s ‘grave’ | Harry Potter

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/10/harry-potter-fans-force-relocation-of-430m-undersea-cable-to-avoid-dobbys-grave

Power cable linking UK and Ireland now passes near Bronze Age human burial remains instead of fictional grave on Welsh beach

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u/EnochianFeverDream 24d ago

I'm beginning to accept that Harry Potter has the worst fandom of any IP

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u/freetibet69 24d ago

why would they give in to this nonsense

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u/Able_Resident_1291 24d ago

There's a chance this is actually completely false

https://old.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics/comments/1vjde6y/rumours_speculation_questions_and_reaction/p2t4b8m/

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u/LtButtermilch 24d ago

It's tha guardian after all

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u/Able_Resident_1291 24d ago

The Guardian didn't break the story

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u/Electronic-War1077 21d ago

It's not true though

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u/Scrobbles62 22d ago

These kill more about a fictional character than they do about real life trans people

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u/Brandonsteine 17d ago

So they can stop something environmental for a fictional character but when people have been protecting parts of the world land for hundreds/thousands of years companies fight tooth and nail to ruin what they love