This thread is solid evidence that legions of idiots exist!
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Belletrist0 — 20 years ago(December 24, 2005 02:39 AM)
Originally posted by eStreetBeat:
[Decades later, they both] admitted unequivocally that they had fabricated the images but, to their dying days, they insisted that they had actually seen [the] fairies they had tried to represent what they had actually seen.
I am a little confused about this part: If Elsie and Frances had tried to "represent" the fairies as they had seen them, then why did Elsie not draw them from memory? Both girls stated that they had seen the Beck fairies numerous times, I would assume on a weekly, or even daily basis, and they had ample time to observe the darling things up to the point where they almost ignored the fairies. If that was the case, then why did Elsie need to trace her fairies from drawings by Arthur Shepperson from the
Princess Mary's Gift Book
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heather_blus — 18 years ago(May 01, 2007 04:28 PM)
"the girls admitted that they faked most of the pictures, but one of the, (cant remember which) insisted until the day she died that one of the photos was not a hoax "
That would be the fifth one, the most blantant hoax of all five. It is called, "fairies and their sunbath" and it was made through a double exposure. Both Frances and Elsie claimed to have taken the photo. Why? Because both of them HAD! -
allandhar — 19 years ago(January 06, 2007 06:35 AM)
All this true and false is starting to grate on my nerves. Any Catholics out there? The story of the Bible is more ludicrous than that of the faries, yet a large chunk of the human population not only believes, but belives completely with it. Walking on water, dying and re-animation from death? The world was created by an all-loving being (that then flooded the planet killing all but one family and a boat load of animals)? Geez, why is this so easy to believe? We have no photos of Jesus, nothing but a story over 2,000 years old.
Dragons are another one, believed by all races of Man in one form or another. Dragons can be found in every myhology, but are they real?
Why cannot the faries be real? If we can have people walking on water, winged lizards flying overhead and a being that can create whole universes, surely the idea of tiny flying people cannot be so hard to imagine. If you can believe that the Bible actually happened, you can belive in faries.
If you believe in one and not the other, then you are a sad, sad person. One false story is just as good as another.
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Saffran — 19 years ago(March 19, 2007 02:20 AM)
well, it is a movie for little kids, so if u watch it dont say that is so not true when little kids are around!
I clearly remember being a child and feeling really betrayed and mortified when I realised that the grown-ups had deluded me into believing things that they and everybody else knew were false, just becuase I was a little kid. Believe me, you do not necessarily do your kids any favours by making them believe things that are not true. They may grow up into people who will willingly believe in photographic fakes! So be careful what you tell your children! It is very possible to enjoy fantastic tales and experience a sense of wonder while still knowing the difference between 'reality' and 'fantasy'. -
kinetica — 19 years ago(April 05, 2007 11:19 AM)
A "True" story is one that is based on "belief" NOT FACT. It is often differentiated from fiction.
Fiction is make believe from the get go, often unrelated to anything before.
"True" stories are often legends and based on established myth, and traditions.
Fact is usually drool and dry documentaries and live film, and unemotional science statistics.
So I am firmly of science, but I enjoy many "True" movies.
Ticks Ticks thousands of ticks, and not one blessed TOCK among them! -
kvhnow — 11 years ago(January 23, 2015 03:11 PM)
The "true story" part of the title, isn't claiming that the fairies were real, but the story was.
The two girls, the location, and the stir it caused really happened.
Author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle met the girls, had the photos examined and announced he was a believer, (true story)!
The fact that such notable people, Harry Houdini for example, met the girls. (true story)
The fact that the story and pictures were published in The Strand magazine, was real. (true story)
I thought it was a very good movie, and especially enjoyed the last scene! Enjoy it for what it is!