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In the summer of 1917 two girls would photograph the remarkable. Proof of fairies, dancing in the beautiful Cottingley Beck in England. The photos were so convincing that they became a national sensation, convincing the millions that they were indeed proof of the magical. And it took half a century for the truth to come out. This is the story of the Cottingley Fairies.
Sources
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-55187973
https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/The-Fairies-of-Cottingley/
https://hoaxes.org/photo_database/image/the_cottingley_fairies
Image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cottingley_Fairies_1.jpg
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