People across the world visit the grave of Dobby, the house elf, who conquered the hearts of Harry Potter fans with his cuteness. However, due to the high number of visitors, the grave on the Welsh shore might be relocated.
Local citizens now have until the end of May to cast their vote in an online survey on whether they want “Dobby’s Grave” to be removed and possibly relocated to another site due to overtourism, according to local media.
The picturesque Pembrokeshire coastline was long a popular destination for tourists but has also attracted a steady flow of Harry Potter fans since the film, many of them scrawling “Here lies Dobby, a free elf” onto piles of stones in the area.
Others leave socks there in reference to how Harry Potter, in the films, was able to win the house elf’s freedom from slavery by tricking his cruel master into giving him a sock and thereby freeing him.
In addition to leaving a mark on the landscape and leaving waste behind, the area’s parking spaces and toilets are over capacity, the National Trust Wales says according to the BBC.
The organization, therefore, wants to seek the public’s opinion as well as suggestions for a more sustainable solution, which may include relocating the would-be grave to another site.
Victoria MacLean, a local Harry Potter fan, told the BBC: “I think if they took the grave away fans are just going to build another one, because there’s millions of them.”