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Fairy Hoax March 2, 2012 10:14 am RobVG

Here

The following goes to show that, in some people, there is a strong desire for otherworldly things to be real.

“Baines received hundreds of emails…in which he had heard all sorts of comments including people who say they’ve seen exactly the same things. ‘There was one person who was quite upset because I revealed the place where the fairy was found”. When Baines admitted that the dead fairy was a hoax, and that the model was in fact created by himself as an April Fools’ prank, there were people who still believed that the mummified fairy was genuine. “

  • I've peeled a few of those off my van's grille after some night driving through the Valley. by TB 2012-03-02 10:32:38

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