THE SHRIEKING SHACK

+The Shrieking Shack
The Shrieking Shack by Mary GrandPré © Warner Bros.
abandoned building

Falsely rumored to be "the most haunted building in Britain," the Shrieking Shack is a favorite stop on any Hogsmeade visit. However, the wails that are heard emanating from that creepy building are not in fact ghosts, but rather Remus Lupin transforming into a werewolf. The shack, in fact, has been built for remus, allowing him to transform a safe distance away from the other studentsThe shack cannot be broken into from the outside, it must be entered instead through a secret passageway, the mouth of which lies under the Whomping Willow