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It's great to see this story again after so many years when the world has changed. I first encountered it when I lived in UK, 20 years ago. At the time it seemed such a far reach... how could people be so gullible? Yet here we are 100 years later! Exactly a Century! We are fed the most preposterous things and PEOPLE BELIEVE THEM based upon their bias. What a perfect resurrection. Thank you!

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I’ve always been fascinated by this story and I really enjoyed this read! A part of me wishes I could believe in the photographs 🧚

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I remember hearing about the fairy photos back when I was a young adult in the 90s. It’s hard to believe how convinced so many people were that they were true.💕

Excellent parallel to today’s fake news. Well done.

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Wonderful take on these photographs. One my professors used them in class to make a similar case, that we should be weary of confirmation bias, and that we should require extraordinary evidence when extraordinary claims are made. Good connection to how we see confirming evidence in today's world. Perhaps, that search for confirmation is what drove me to this post (jk).

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Given that Doyle was the creator of Sherlock Holmes, the detective who believed there were only realistic and not supernatural reasons for events, his buying into this fantasy is very ironic.

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Fascinating story

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I adore early 20th-century photography and aside from the controversy, these photos are innocently beautiful. I wonder who actually doctored them.

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I find the pictures so lovely, too!

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