When Lupin was hired to teach Defence Against the Dark Arts, Dumbledore had Professor Snape mix up a concoction called the Wolfsbane Potion, which allowed Lupin to keep his human mind when he transformed-he could simply curl up in front of the fire and wait to resume human form. Dumbledore encouraged this to keep Lupin's werewolf condition a secret. Since Lupin's transformations were painful, locals heard shrieking coming from the shack, and rumours of it being haunted were started. There was a tunnel going from the school to the shack, and to prevent the werewolf from coming out and to prevent students from going in, the Whomping Willow tree was planted over the entrance. Every full moon Lupin had to stay in the Shrieking Shack near Hogsmeade. However, Dumbledore agreed to take him as a student and then as a professor, with certain conditions. As a young student of magic, Lupin found it hard to find a school that would take him, since he was a safety risk.
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