Can Muggles see nifflers?

In Fantastic Beast and Where to Find Them, Newt Scamander carries a suitcase full of magical beasts to New York City. While traveling, his niffler escapes and roamed around a bank filled with Muggles. The niffler steals items and even captures a dog's attention at some point, but Muggles never catch sight of it.
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How do Muggles not see magical beasts?

Wizarding law

Wizards and witches hid their world with Muggle-Repelling Charms, and if a Muggle witnessed a magical event or saw a magical creature such as a dragon, their memories were erased. Confundus Charms were also occasionally employed to encourage Muggles to ignore any magic they witnessed.
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What do Muggles see instead of Hogwarts?

Hogwarts Castle appears as abandoned ruins to any Muggles close enough to see. Although wizarding society lives for the most part directly alongside Muggles, the interaction between the two communities is virtually non-existent since the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy was introduced in 1692.
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What happens if a Muggle sees magic?

If, by unfortunate means, Muggles do happen to observe the working of magic, the Ministry of Magic sends Obliviators to cast Memory Charms upon them, causing them to forget the event. Some Muggles are aware of the wizarding world.
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How are dragons not seen by Muggles?

To prevent them from being seen by Muggles, and to protect them from poaching, dragons were kept in dragon reserves around the world, most of which were far from human habitation.
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Why Can't Muggles See Hogwarts? - Harry Potter Explained

What happens if a Muggle uses a wand?

Muggles can't necessarily perform magic, but with a wand, they could cause some to manifest in an uncontrollable manner.
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Can Muggles see Azkaban?

Using certain Charms, Azkaban was hidden from the Muggle world, and was Unplottable. As of Eldritch Diggory's visit in the 1730s or 1740s, a graveyard had been established on the island to accommodate those who had died in the prison. Most of the prisoners inside its walls died of despair, having lost the will to live.
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Do Hermione's parents know she's a witch?

She and her husband were proud and accepting of their daughter's identity as a witch, which explained some strange things which happened around her when she was a child. They entered the magical world in 1992 to buy Hermione's school supplies, and were assisted by Arthur Weasley.
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Can Muggle see dementor?

Even Muggles feel their presence, though they can't see them. Get too near a Dementor and every good feeling, every happy memory will be sucked out of you. If it can, the Dementor will feed on you long enough to reduce you to something like itself...
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Has a Muggle ever learned magic?

Keep in mind that Filch was a Squib- so did have some magical blood despite not being able to use magic- so there's always a super slim hope that they have 'latent' ability or even some minor ability to be developed. A Muggle has none (or at least none they know of...) and can never learn real magic.
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Can two Muggles have wizard child?

Muggle-born is the term given to a witch or wizard who is born to two non-magical parents. Their magical abilities do not seem to be at all affected by their Muggle parentage — in fact, many Muggle-borns have been among the most powerful witches and wizards of their time, such as Lily Evans and Hermione Granger.
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Are the Weasleys pure-blood?

In contrast to the Malfoys and the Blacks, the Weasleys are a pure-blood family known for their warmth and support for one another. They actively reject the pure-blood supremacist ideology, and are inclusive and supportive of Muggle-born wizards.
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Are the Potters purebloods?

Also, James Potter was a pure-blood. One possible theory indicates that the author of the Directory considered the Potters and other "pure-blood" families (such as the Princes, the Crabbes, the Goyles, the Moodys, and the Browns) to have some amount of Muggle ancestry.
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Do Muggles see 9 3/4?

Platform 9 3/4

This is something that is explained away pretty well in the series. Ministry employees are on hand to erase/alter the memory of muggles who notice witches and wizards who go to Platform 9 3/4.
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What are Muggle borns called in America?

A Muggle-born (No-Maj-born in the United States), once known as a Magbob and also known by the pejorative Mudblood, was a witch or wizard who was born to two non-magical parents. Their magical abilities did not seem to be at all affected by their Muggle parentage.
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Why do wizards fear Muggles?

Some wizards hate Muggles due to their perceived superiority and pure-blood heritage, while others see them as tools to be dominated. Wizards study Muggles to understand their everyday lives and to better interact with them, despite some negative opinions on both sides.
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Can a Dementor kiss a Muggle?

Dementors nearly kissed Mary Cattermole during one trial, but Harry Potter repelled them, and he and Hermione Granger freed her and the other Muggle-borns being held prisoner, helping them to escape, along with Ron Weasley. It is possible that some innocent Muggle-borns were kissed before the Ministry was taken back.
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Can Muggles see Diagon Alley?

Diagon Alley is a high street located in London. It is accessible to the wizarding world, to which it is something of an economic hub, but hidden from Muggles (non-magical people). However, Muggles are allowed access to it if they need to accompany their Muggle-born magical children.
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Does the Muggle PM know about wizards?

Each new Muggle Prime Minister receives a visit from the Minister for Magic, who informs them of the existence of the wizarding world. The Minister explains that they will contact the Prime Minister only in circumstances in which the events of the wizarding world may affect Muggles.
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Is Filch a Muggle?

Filch was Hogwarts' caretaker, but he was also a squib - a Muggle born from wizard parents (which may possibly be the case of Jacob Kowalski from Fantastic Beasts as well).
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How did Hermione's parents lose their memory?

What Spell Does Hermione Cast On Her Parents? In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 1, the war with Voldemort (Ralph Finnes) is getting worse, and Hermione casts the spell Obliviate on her parents because she's terrified that he will discover them. This means that they don't remember her or know who she is.
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What happened to Hermione's real parents?

Several years later, however, Hermione was forced to alter her parents' memories and give them new identities as Wendell and Monica Wilkins, to protect them from the Death Eaters. After the Second Wizarding War ended, Hermione found Mr Granger and his wife in Australia and returned their memories.
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Would Muggles win a war?

If wizards maintain the Statute of Secrecy, the wizards win hands-down with their ability to subvert muggle governments. If wizards don't maintain the Statute of Secrecy, the muggles win hands-down with their overwhelming numbers advantage.
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Can a dementor be killed?

Dementors are amortal, meaning that you can't kill them because they were never alive to begin with (even though they do die off eventually 😕).
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Who built Azkaban?

IT WASN'T ORIGINALLY A PRISON

Well, that's because originally, Azkaban was a fortress built by the sorcerer Ekrizdis, who himself was a powerful and insane practitioner of the Dark Arts. Ekrizdis actually lured, tortured, and killed Muggle sailors there up until he died and the concealment charms faded.
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