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  2. Cottingley Fairies - Wikipedia

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    Cottingley Beck, where Frances and Elsie claimed to have seen the fairies. In mid-1917 nine-year-old Frances Griffiths and her mother – both newly arrived in England from South Africa – were staying with Frances's aunt, Elsie Wright's mother, Polly, in the village of Cottingley in West Yorkshire; Elsie was then 16 years old.

  3. Dead fairy hoax - Wikipedia

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    Baines received hundreds of emails in response, including comments from those who claimed to have found similar fairy remains. When Baines admitted that the dead fairy was in fact a model created by himself as an April Fools' prank and its back-story was a hoax, some still believed it was genuine, accusing Baines of covering up the 'truth' about the existence of fairies and deliberately ...

  4. FairyTale: A True Story - Wikipedia

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    FairyTale: A True Story is a 1997 fantasy drama film directed by Charles Sturridge and produced by Bruce Davey and Wendy Finerman.It is loosely based on the story of the Cottingley Fairies, and follows two children in 1917 England who take a photograph soon believed to be the first scientific evidence of the existence of fairies.

  5. The Cottingley Secret - Wikipedia

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    The Cottingley Secret is a retelling of the story behind the Cottingley fairies and a series of purportedly real photographs created in Cottingley, a village in West Yorkshire, England. The plots follows the lives of the two cousins—Frances Griffiths and Elsie Wright—who photographed real fairies in the garden near a stream. The story ...

  6. List of beings referred to as fairies - Wikipedia

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    Tylwyth Teg or Bendith y Mamau is the traditional name for fairies or fairy-like creatures of the Otherworld in Welsh folklore and mythology. Urisk; Vættir - also Wight; Weiße Frauen; The Xana is a character found in Asturian mythology; Yallery Brown; Zână (plural Zâne) is the Romanian equivalent of the Greek Charites. These characters ...

  7. 50 Real Photos That Look Like They’re Straight Out Of ... - AOL

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    On the other end of the spectrum, there are real-life photographs that look like they come straight out of a video game or movie scene. We've scoured the depths of the 'net to find the most gamey ...

  8. Are mermaids real or a fin-tastic fable? The history and ...

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    However, these half-human creatures are not real as “no evidence of aquatic humanoids has ever been found,” the post continues. “Mermaids are fictional, of course,” echoes Dr. Compora.

  9. File:Cottingley Fairies 1.jpg - Wikipedia

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    Cottingley_Fairies_1.jpg (381 × 305 pixels, file size: 14 KB, MIME type ... as Commons requires that images be free in the source country and in the United ...