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FAIRY SIGHTINGS Throughout the World
*** UPDATE ***
The FairyGardens computer recently crashed and we lost a number of fairy
sightings. If you have sent a sighting in the last three months, please
resend it to fairygardens2000@yahoo.com
Fairies are tricky little creatures. They slip in and out of shadows,
hide behind flower buds, and sneak through twilight. Though fairy lore
goes back generations, actual proof of their existence is limited. On
very rare occasions, a human is blessed with just a small glimpse of the
very magical fairy.
When
we first opened, we at FairyGarden's put out a call for any experiences
people may have had with the little people. Almost a year later, the reports
have started to appear. Everyday folk have spotted them just at the edges
of their vision, heard them whisper in the night and spotted evidence
of their visits.
We have reprinted, with permission, the stories of these lucky people.
If you have a story of your own, we would love
to hear it!
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The First Photographic Evidence?
 In
the summer of 1917, two young girls - Elsie Wright and her cousin,
Frances Griffiths - claimed to have spotted and photographed a group
of fairies by Cottingley beck, a small brook in rural England. The
photos, one shown to the right, captured the nations imagination.
It baffled the experts and seemed to be absolute proof in the existence
of little people. Even Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock
Holmes stories, was convinced.
It wasn't until decades later that Elsie admitted that the photos
had been faked - with images cut out of magazines. Her cousin, Frances,
also admitted to faking some of the images, but contended until
her death in 1986 that one of the photographs was indeed genuine.
It appears that, in the end, the matter is not so cut and dry as
the skeptics would like you to believe!
The incident continues to inspire modern folklore and story telling.
LADY COTTINGLEY'S PRESSED FAIRY BOOK, a whimsical book by Terry
Jones and illustrated by Brian Froud, acknowledges the significance
this event still has on our collective imagination.
For more information about this event and the role Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle had in it's fame, please visit the Aurthur
Conan Doyle Society Site. For more information about Cottingley
Village, visit Cottingley
Connect
To learn more about different kinds of fairies and the folk lore
surrounding them, visit Enchanted
Encounters!
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