One other point that kind of disproves this theory , for me , is that we never see Hagrid talk about Scamander . I mean , we see how much he likes to talk about Dumbledore , so he is the kind of person to have and keep idols . Yeah , but Dumbledore ' s name popped out in just about every discussion , while IIRC no one talked to him about Scamander . Plus , there ' s the whole illegal aspect Hagrid wouldn ' t want people to know that Newt gave him the Acromantula , or Newt could have been arrested for that . <| sep |> I disagree with Pete giving anyone a hard time about religion . He grew up very traditional , he ' s even making a TV show about it on HBO and he seems to recall it with affection when guests bring it up .