Cottingley fairy hoax makes £20,000 at auction

Photos from one of the most notorious hoaxes of the 20th century - the Cottingham fairies - have been sold at auction.
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[@sulfuroxide1083]

i still believe in fairies tho...

[@chileanywaysbajajaab1698]

sulfur oxide same !! People say that’s dumb but idk I feel like somewhere there are fairy’s and maybe they fly around without us noticing

[@maynorflores7876]

Erica Carcamo it is dumb very dumb

[@ajaysolomon474]

Check out merrylin cryptic museum

[@fanartanimation6172]

same

[@jelenavalaskova7283]

Me too ^^

[@AnnabelleJARankin]

I remember hearing them confess to the prank on radio 4, about April 1982, I think. They were too scared to tell Arthur Conan Doyle because he was so well-known.

[@videomaster412]

As he still is. His name is forever related to his greatest creation: Sherlock Holmes.

[@AnnabelleJARankin]

@@videomaster412 Well, yes, that is why he is famous...

[@videomaster412]

@@AnnabelleJARankin I know. I like the stories too and I have a lot of films, series and games about the good old detective. BTW it's strange that Doyle fell for it, when his own creation, Sherlock Holmes NEVER would have believed that they was real

[@AnnabelleJARankin]

@@videomaster412 Actually he did and because he did the girls were too scared to say it was all done with cut-outs! I expect they are long-gone now, but I remember hearing one of them on something like Woman's Hour. Just googled it and found only this about the sale of the photos: uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/cottingley-fairies-hoax-images-under-014532621.html

[@AnnabelleJARankin]

Actually it was '83 - just found out!

[@mathystah6451]

@0:28 Yo, her hand looks scary

[@KosmikGawdess]

They're real. The pics may not be but they're real

[@bhotherbhother8764]

Yes

[@bhotherbhother8764]

Indeed

[@bhotherbhother8764]

fairys exsit

[@willowthetree06]

They didn’t say there were no faeries.... Elsie said she THOUGHT it MIGHT have been her imagination... frances said that even though the photos were fake, there was most definitely faeries, and she also said all the photos were fake apart from the fifth and final picture.... it’s not that there are no faeries... people are just to afraid to even just try and believe in them. 🙄🙄

[@mmm091000]

So true the 5th picture is genuine.

[@mmm091000]

@Mason Wright possible demons ? Though the girls never said of any evil intentions ? Maybe sheep in wolfs clothing ? Who knows. ?

[@John-bx1do]

The girls didnt admit there were no fairies,they said the photos were fake,but that they did see fairies in the beck.One of the girls also said the meadow photo was real,the others fake.A wonderful bit of English history,and who deep down wouldnt want to wish they were real.

[@claireberry2132]

YES

[@ParanormalGirl5]

Yes, they certainly did see the fairies.

[@ParanormalGirl5]

@Mason Wright why no?

[@somakar7183]

Are fairies real

[@ParanormalGirl5]

Yes they are.

[@KosmikGawdess]

Yes! I wish I could meet them!

[@jacqui2651]

Yes they are.

[@bhotherbhother8764]

fairys are real

[@bhotherbhother8764]

fairys exsit

[@kellyfairbairn9333]

Always loved this story. Perhaps it's because it's west yorkshire. Always liked the idea of fairies. . .Well nice ones anyway

[@cora3302]

Fairys are real

[@Susiecat24]

Think if they had kept those fairies how much they would be worth!

[@cora3302]

I have seen one
🙂

[@frederiquecouture3924]

Bonsoir.

[@bhotherbhother8764]

are real

[@claireberry2132]

I stiilll bleav duhuu8

[@roxxy1712]

lmao i have to watch this video for my english homework

[@SCRE3M_]

OHHH

[@bhotherbhother8764]

fairys

[@marteautaho7802]

1 ere

[@hkte5]

ceux qui sont ;a pour llcer HAHA

[@cathymcleod9149]

I still do not think they are real