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== Literature ==
* Thestrals in ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' can only be seen by those who have witnessed someone die. Harry joins this group in the fifth book after he comes to terms with being there at Cedric's murder. It comes as a bit of a shock when he arrives at Hogwarts and sees that the "horseless" carriages are actually pulled by skeletal, reptile-faced, winged horses.
** The [[Public Domain Artifact#The Hand of Glory|Hand of Glory]] introduced in ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (novel)|Chamber of Secrets]]'' is a specialised example: its ''light'' can only be seen by the person holding it.
* [[Discworld]]
** Death can be seen by animals, witches and wizards, and small children. And people about to die or who are having a near-death experience. In brief, anybody whose [[Weirdness Censor]] is off. ...And Carrot, who used him as a witness for a murder in the short story 'Theatre of Cruelty'. The book ''[[Wyrd Sisters]]'' states that Death can also be seen if people truly expect to see him (which may explain Carrot's ability to use him as a witness). In ''Wyrd Sisters'', Death walks on stage during a play at a time when the audience expects an actor playing Death to show up—and is seen by everyone in the audience. And gets stage fright.
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