Harry Potter Fans Forced a $570 Million Power Cable to Avoid Dobby’s Fake Grave

Fandom in general seems to have been one of humanity’s big mistakes. That’s a broad statement, but you see what I mean when you start exploring individual fandoms, from the notoriously toxic corners of Star Wars to unsettling devotion surrounding The Pitt. You know, a show that has only released 30 episodes and already

Harry Potter fans have managed to force a new multimillion-pound power cable between the UK and Ireland to be relocated as they complained it would impact the "memorial" dedicated to Dobby the House Elf.

Tourists heading to a historic hamlet in the Scottish Highlands are being reminded to plan their visits responsibly as it "struggles with capacity" due to the sheer volume of visitors arriving by car or motorhome.

Harry Potter fans ‘make our lives hell’, say Glenfinnan residents  The Times

Harry Potter fans saved Dobby's grave by forcing energy company to divert $581m international cable  Dawn Images

A major electricity interconnection project linking Britain and Ireland has been rerouted after widespread opposition from Harry Potter fans.

A £430 million energy project linking Ireland and the United Kingdom has an unexpected obstacle in its path: the grave of a fictional house-elf.

A multimillion pound undersea power cable was set to run through the exact site where Dobby the house elf is "buried", which distressed Potterheads refused to allow

A £430m power cable between the UK and Ireland has been diverted from Freshwater West beach in Pembrokeshire due to a backlash from Harry Potter fans as it would desecrate the "grave" of Dobby

A character was buried in the film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows on Freshwater West beach in Pembrokeshire

Dobby, a fictional elf adored by fans for his loyalty, bravery and touching pursuit of freedom, died in Harry's arms during Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

Here lies Dobby, a free elf. There will be no electricity cables in sight.

Nation.Cymru staff Harry Potter’s legacy is still being keenly felt and nowhere more so than at a certain poignant landmark on a Welsh beach. Dobby’s Grave has become a much-loved landmark at Freshwater Beach in Pembrokeshire, thanks to the boy wizard’s army of fans. House elf Dobby died in the film series’s penultimat

Harry Potter Fans Force A Reroute Of Undersea Cables To Avoid Dobby's Grave  HuffPost

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A multimillion-dollar power link between the United Kingdom and Ireland has been diverted after distraught “Harry Potter” fans pointed out that its planned route would cut through a beach memorial dedicated to a beloved character from the series, Dobby the house-elf.

$580 million undersea power cable rerouted to spare Dobby the house-elf’s beachside ‘grave’  CNN

The CEO of Etchea Energy described being inundated with calls after inadvertently planning an underground cable beneath a memorial to the fictional "Harry Potter" character.

Alexander Demianchuk / Reuters Harry Potter fans have successfully pushed a $580 million power project to change course after discovering that an underground cable could pass through the spot where Dobby, the fictional house elf, was buried in the film series. Dobby was killed and laid to rest on Freshwater West beach

Harry Potter and the chamber of Dobby's 'grave': Fans force diversion of £430m cable route to save movie landmark  lbc.co.uk

A €500 million electricity interconnector between Ireland and Wales was diverted due to efforts from Harry Potter fans to save a memorial to Dobby the House Elf.

Power cable linking UK and Ireland now passes near Bronze Age human burial remains instead of fictional grave on Welsh beach Harry Potter fans have forced a new multimillion-pound power cable between the UK and Ireland to be relocated after complaining it would desecrate the “grave” of Dobby, a fictional elf. The chara

It has been revealed that Harry Potter fans succeeded in diverting a multimillion-pound power link between the UK and Ireland after they pointed out the project would disturb a memorial to Dobby the House Elf.

‘My colleague said “it’s very, very serious”, and it was serious.’

The cable was originally “going to go straight through” the memorial at Freshwater West beach in Wales.

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Potter fans complained after a project manager suggested cables would go under the grave in a BBC interview.

Harry Potter fans’ outcry meant the project to transport energy from the UK to Ireland had to be diverted

Dobby’s final resting place has become a tourist attraction for Harry Potter fans (Picture: Warner Bros./Getty Images) Harry Potter fans have proven there’s clearly power in numbers, as their joint outrage forced the diversion of a multi-million-pound energy project. It has emerged that plans for a £430million Greenlin