did you know thestrals are REAL?!!
from wiki:
"Thestrals are the most elusive and least horse-like breed of magical horse. They have earned an undeserved reputation as omens of evil. They are visible only to those who have witnessed and accepted a death, and their appearance is skeletal, fleshless. They are described in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix as having "blank, white, shining eyes," a "dragonish face"...
tell me that aint an omen of evil. right now, you are witnessing and accepting a death.
apologies for being the harbinger of todays stomach churning dose of reality.