http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/07/the-cottingley-fairies/ Ever get the feeling you're living in the wrong time? Thu, 10 Nov 2024 20:24:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/07/the-cottingley-fairies/#comment-60735 Savannah Fri, 02 Sep 2024 14:38:23 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=20524#comment-60735 Wikipedia states that it's the last photo that is supposedly genuine. I think we can all agree that it's not, but I guess it's a better fake than the others. Wikipedia states that it’s the last photo that is supposedly genuine. I think we can all agree that it’s not, but I guess it’s a better fake than the others.

]]> http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/07/the-cottingley-fairies/#comment-60479 AnneM Thu, 01 Sep 2024 12:58:12 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=20524#comment-60479 I just heard the story of the Cottingley Fairies on the "Stuff You Missed in History Class" podcast, and they said that one of the sisters maintained until her dying day that they only took four staged pictures, and one of the five pictures is real. Anyone know which is supposed to be the un-staged photo? I just heard the story of the Cottingley Fairies on the “Stuff You Missed in History Class” podcast, and they said that one of the sisters maintained until her dying day that they only took four staged pictures, and one of the five pictures is real. Anyone know which is supposed to be the un-staged photo?

]]> http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/07/the-cottingley-fairies/#comment-56993 Scott Tue, 02 Aug 2024 19:12:18 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=20524#comment-56993 Jim, Thank you for the link to the movie. I purchased a copy based on the reviews. Jim,

Thank you for the link to the movie. I purchased a copy based on the reviews.

]]> http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/07/the-cottingley-fairies/#comment-56820 Simon Fielding Sun, 31 Jul 2024 16:36:25 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=20524#comment-56820 Conan Doyle's interest in spiritualism was stoked by the death of his brother Innes and son Kingsley as a result of war service in 1918 and 1919 respectively. Conan Doyle’s interest in spiritualism was stoked by the death of his brother Innes and son Kingsley as a result of war service in 1918 and 1919 respectively.

]]> http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/07/the-cottingley-fairies/#comment-54233 Jim A Tue, 12 Jul 2024 01:16:59 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=20524#comment-54233 Those interested might try to watch the movie Fairy Tale: A True Story. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119095/ Those interested might try to watch the movie Fairy Tale: A True Story. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119095/

]]> http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/07/the-cottingley-fairies/#comment-54123 John Simpson Mon, 11 Jul 2024 12:44:25 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=20524#comment-54123 People believed it partly because they wanted to, but also because they were looking at the photos in the wrong way. To discover if it was a forgery, they thought only about ways that a photograph could be doctored - not about ways that this could be staged in real life with cut-out fairies, and then photographed. People believed it partly because they wanted to, but also because they were looking at the photos in the wrong way. To discover if it was a forgery, they thought only about ways that a photograph could be doctored – not about ways that this could be staged in real life with cut-out fairies, and then photographed.

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