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Mt. Greylock Featured In Harry Potter Offshoot

Jim Levulis
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WAMC

The Berkshires are now a part of the fictional world of Harry Potter thanks to author J.K. Rowling.The well-known author of the wizarding world on Tuesday released the second story in a series titled Magic in North America with a video on Pottermore.com.“High atop Mount Greylock, hidden by forests, cloud and spell stands one of the greatest secrets of the magical world - Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry,” details the video.

At 3,491 feet, Mt. Greylock is the highest point in Massachusetts. Writers Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville also drew inspiration from the peak.

Jim was WAMC’s Assistant News Director and hosted WAMC's flagship news programs: Midday Magazine, Northeast Report and Northeast Report Late Edition.
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