Debunked: The Rossendale Fairies by John Hyatt [Midges]

Oh, man!!

This made it to the HuffPost? An 'April's Fool' joke?

No, and oh dear...a 'Professor' posted these? Ah, well....the HuffPost article includes comments that debunks already (?). Still, there exist some people who will grab at this, and run.

Maybe that is what 'Professor' John Hyatt intended? If so, shame on him.

 

I just love that the very name is an homage to the well-known Cottingley Fairy hoax.

It's like calling your controversial archeological find "Piltdown II."

 

I wonder if they fill your empty heart containers!

 

There already was a Piltdown II.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piltdown_Man#Sheffield_Park_find

 

Bad bad bad lol

 

Yay I get that reference!

 

Well my 5 year old daughters believes in fairies, so they must exist.. I could swear I saw Tinker Bell in that photo

 

This video is about teaching kids to think critically. At 4:55 he talks about how he used fairies as an analogy with his daughter.

 

Not sure I understand you. He says she knows it is not possible to disprove fairies and that she knows they don't really exist, even though she wishes they did.

 

That goes for Santa and the Tooth Fairy too! I wonder where the Tooth fairy came from and just how desperate that first mom or dad was to make something like that up to help their kids deal with losing their first tooth. But for it to stick all these years, its quite amazing

 

Some parent made it up to not feel guilty about bribing the tooth out of their kid.

 

Does anyone know where all this fairy business comes from or when it started? Was it a big part of ancient society, or was it created in the minds of non fiction writers like in Peter Pan.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy

http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu//celt/tfm/index.htm

(I just Googled, out of curiosity, since you brought it up....)

 

VERY plausible.

But, doesn't explain mythologies surrounding Leprechauns, Chupacabra, etc. ( Talk about going off on tangents!! )

I suggest the amazing Human imagination, and the history of lore, prior to the invention of writing (??)

 

>> GROAN!! <<

That might grind somebody's gears!

 

Didn't you hear? Bubba found Chupacabra!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/03/living-chupacabra-capture_n_5085942.html

 

"I will name him 'George', and I will hug him and pet him and squeeze him and....."....

 

Hmmmm, fairies are a stretch for me but angels seem more to my cultural upbringing. Seems if one is to believe in something unprovable, why not make them benevolent, beautiful and capable of almost anything.

 

Did you ever see this movie?:

Dogma

 

Sorry, but that one almost made me fall out of my chair...

 

OK, some of our ancestors were superstitious, ignorant, knuckle-dragging troglodytes, but fortunately we live in an "enlightened" age where only the best and brightest preside in governments and provide guidance and....uh-oh....

...hmmmm.....maybe I spoke too soon.

 

Don't mean to get all boring, but I was amazed that Wikipedia even had a link for fairies; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy. And then I was even more amazed to learn that there was a Fairy Investigation Society. LOL To my amazement the wiki page about fairies is quite extensive and goes on for several pages. I had no idea how popular fairies are or that they persisted (in thought) throughout many cultures and religions..

 

Yes, I think I have.

 

Depends on who is getting messed with.

 

Hmmm......seems you might not be as "extinct" as would be indicated under your avatar.....(cue the pinky finger held to the mouth in an evil gesture!):



I will hold this post ransom for......"One HUNDRED dollars!"

Bwahahaha!!!