An undersea power cable linking the UK National Grid to Ireland has been forced to relocate, after Harry Potter fans complained it would go through Dobby's grave. You know, Dobby the house elf. The fictional character created by J.K. Rowling.
Fans became aware of the desecration of Dobby's memorial after a BBC interview with project manager Simon Ludlam, who detailed plans to put the cable underground at Freshwater West beach in Wales (via The Guardian). This just happens to be the location where Dobby's fictional death was shot for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, and the site of a fan-made shrine.
According to Ludlam: "We did the [BBC] shot, we finished, I went back to London, and they then aired it a couple of weeks later. And we got hundreds of calls, I mean, hundreds of calls."
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