Corrected entry: In the chapter Luna Lovegood, Harry sees the thestrals for the first time, because he saw Cedric die at the end of last term. But he didn't see the thestrals when he left Hogwarts before the summer.
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Correction: JK Rowling explained this at the Edinburgh Book Festival. She specifically said that it was not a mistake, and that she had thought about this carefully. She explained that 'anyone who has suffered a bereavement knows that there is the immediate shock that takes a little while to appreciate fully that you will never see that person again. Until that happened, I (JK Rowling) did not think that Harry could see the Thestrals'. So, in other words, it wasn't until the death of Cedric had sunk in that he was able to see the Thestrals.
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