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The Shrieking Shack

The Shrieking Shack was an abandoned house in Hogsmeade. For many years, villagers thought it was haunted because they often heard screams coming from inside, and Albus Dumbledore encouraged the rumour, as he was the one who commissioned it, due to Remus Lupin's lycanthropy.[1] According to Nearly Headless Nick, not even the Hogwarts ghosts would enter it.[2] The Shrieking Shack's entrance from the Hogwarts grounds was the base of the Whomping Willow. The trick was to poke the knot in the…

Abandoned Gothic Victorian house in the fog

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The Shrieking Shack, Prisoner of Azkaban

The inside of the Shrieking Shack

The Whomping Willow has a secret passage leading from the Hogwarts grounds to the Shrieking Shack in Hogsmeade.

As the explorer trudged through the thick, humid air of the Louisiana swamp, his feet sinking into the murky water with every step, he spotted a small, dilapidated shack nestled among the trees. As he approached, he saw strange symbols etched into the wooden walls and a pungent smell of herbs and incense emanating from within. Heart racing, he realizes he has stumbled upon a voodoo shack, rumored to exist in the depths of the Louisiana swamps.

"Alex, you clawed the entire wall!" Mary shouted up to the window. Alex looked out, his hair dripping still from his shower." I didn't claw up the wall! Me and the wolves weren't here all day or last night!"