Comments on: Cottingley Fairies Fakery Discoverer Dies

By: springheeledjack

springheeledjack — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 14:34:23 +0000

purrlcat…I remember seeing that…not for years, but I remember it. You can probably find it on IMDB. I at least always thought the premise around those two girls was interesting. Not sure if they were on the money or not, but Europe is the “old world” and there’s tales of fairies, little people, sprites, goblins and such going back for centuries.

Most of our cryptids have a mythology and a history either verbal or written or both, and who am I to say there’s not a “something” people have seen in those lands that isn’t some cryptid? If something as big as Bigfoot can maintain its anonymity, how about something little?

At any rate, the story of the girls and their fairies always intrigued me. Much like the accounts of mermaids. Odd and off the beaten track, but interesting.

By: springheeledjack

springheeledjack — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 18:33:12 +0000

I was just going to comment: yes, the photos were ferreted out as fakes, but as I recall, the girls did really claim to have seen actual fairies, but they couldn’t get a photo. Correct me if I’m wrong.

By: awrvb

awrvb — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 02:02:37 +0000

The girls, during interview as old ladies, said that they really saw fairies! A C Clarke world of strange powers fantastic photographs

By: purrlcat

purrlcat — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 13:27:06 +0000

This article reminded me of another movie about fairies that also came out in 1997. I found this film to be one of the weirdest movies I have ever seen. I originally saw it on TV (a few years ago), but have never seen it since. It is titled “Photographing Fairies.” Really weird. Anyone else seen this one??