Cottingley fairies

The photograph that fooled Conan Doyle by Elsie Wright and Frances Griffiths

You can see the Cottingley Fairies in five photographs made of them between 1917 and 1920. Made by two cousins aged 9 and 16, the photographs gained a lot

"The Cottingley Fairies" by Elsie Wright and Frances Griffiths, 1917

The British Journal of Photography is reporting today that Geoffrey Crawley -- the world-renowned photographer who debunked the Cottingley Fairies hoax in

MUSEUM OF THE WEIRD PRESS RELEASE (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE): Original Cottingley Fairies Photograph Goes On Display for the First Time in Over 100 Years The oldest known surviving contact print of one of the original Cottingley fairies photos is now on display. https://www.museumoftheweird.com/2020/12/03/museum-of-the-weird-press-release-for-immediate-release-original-cottingley-fairies-photograph-goes-on-display-for-the-first-time-in-over-100-years/ . . . . www.deadlive.co.uk #deadlive…

You can see the Cottingley Fairies in five photographs made of them between 1917 and 1920. Made by two cousins aged 9 and 16, the photographs gained a lot

The Cottingley Fairies appear in a series of five photographs taken by Elsie Wright and Frances Griffiths, two young cousins who lived in Cottingley, England. In 1917, when the first two photographs were taken, Elsie was 16 years old and Frances was 10. The pictures came to the attention of writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who used them to illustrate an article on fairies. Public reaction was mixed; some accepted the images as genuine, but others believed they had been faked.

***Dedicated to Invisible who sent in two of these fakes*** Beachcombing apologies because he does normally try and limit his fairy nonsense to a post a week. But this was just too good to miss. He stumbled across a curious reference in the works of Robert Southey (obit 1843). While wandering through Bristol Southey saw […]

Even Sir Arthur Conan Doyle believed in these magical creatures!