The Fairies of Cottingley, the incredible photos
In 1917, Elsie Wright and Frances Griffiths, two little girls who lived in a small Yorkshire village, gave life to the mystery of the Cottingley Fairies thanks to several photographs of them in the company of fairies and gnomes. Despite numerous confirmations, the authenticity of those shots was questioned several times. Photograph the Fairies was the sensational headline in the December 1920 issue of the British Strand Magazine. The author was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of the famous Sherlock Holmes character. What he said about fairies would cause controversy and amazement for more than 60 years. In the spring of 1917, 15-year-old Elsie Wright, and 10-year-old Frances Griffiths, used to talk about the fairies they played within a small valley near Cottingley, a Yorkshire village. With the camera of her father Elsie she photographed her friend in the company of fairies, then she was photographed with a gnome. Her parents, although skeptical, were perplexed. Over the next th...