What is your opinion on this weird picture? I think it's fake.?

Question

I came across this strange picture of fairies. I don't believe it at all. But could someone make a model that looks pretty real. Here's a picture.....

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.hoax-slayer.com/images/derbyshire-fairy2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.hoax-slayer.com/derbyshire-fairy-hoax.shtml&h=543&w=410&sz=18&hl=en&start=2&um=1&tbnid=r5EcnuVGXBULXM:&tbnh=132&tbnw=100&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dfairy%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN

Answer 1

Its fake. The person who made it even admitted to it. He's a proffesional sculpyor or something like that.

Answer 2

It's fake and it's been prooved fake since April last year. It was a practical joke. snopes.com is your friend.

Answer 3

Looks like somebody dried out a small monkey and glued oak leaves on the back.

Answer 4

looks fake as h**l to me. if it were true it would be all over the news. plus it looks like the faeries from Pan's Labyrinth.

Answer 5

i think there is a small possibility that it is real...but for now B.S. lol yeah...

Answer 6

That's weird.  Maybe it's a fake or maybe its not.  This earth has so many things,happenings, and creatures that have been seen that we will never know if they are fake or not.  

Answer 7

its kinda creepy....but the pharagraph says it was an april fools joke in england :(

Answer 8

http://www.customcreaturetaxidermy.com/i...

Its fake. There are many Taxidrmist that take parts of different animals and creata mythical creaturesz with them. The mowst noted one is Custom Creature Taxidermy. Here is the link and they are very expensive.

http://www.customcreaturetaxidermy.com/i...

Answer 9

Faires Could Be Real, You Never Know. But I Doubt They Are.

Hmm.. Pretty Wierd Picture.. I Think Its Fake Though Because It Could Just Be Like a Toy, Or Somebody Could Have Made It.

=)

Answer 10

And what part of "the fairy depicted in the photographs is actually a model created as an April Fool's Day prank by UK artist and magician, Dan Baines." didn't you understand?

Answer 11

well, the article said that the anthropolagist say it's genuine but it also said it's more mummy like so i think it could be true.  there are a lot of things we've found that sound crazy but at one time things existed that don't now.  the environment changes and some creatures just can't adapt.  i don't know.  it's interesting though.

Answer 12

I believe its a real.  

Answer 13

YEAH IT REAL ALRIGHT... =]

I KNOW THAT YOU MIGHT NOT BELIEVE IT BUT WE ARE SURROUNDED BY MAGIC YOU JUST HAVE TO LOOK FOR IT =]

Answer 14

to me it looks fake.

it looks as if its a clay  figure combined with leaves.

fairies WERE fake.

you know: tooth fairy, missing sock fairy, etc.,?

but now since theyve found big foot, who knows?

Answer 15

on the website it says it's fake

Answer 16

Fake.  Go back to your link and read to the bottom of the page.  It even explains who did it and how.

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Answer 17

It looks like latex mouldings of leaves and animal parts joined together.

Um, some of you need to read the page that accompanies the image of the fake fairy.  You know...  The bit where the creator says it is a fake.

Answer 18

According to the description that accompanies these photographs, they show the remains of a fairy that was discovered by a man walking his dog between villages in Derbyshire, England. The photographs also circulate without any description and refer to the remains as a "Butterfly Man" in the email subject line. However, the fairy depicted in the photographs is actually a model created as an April Fool's Day prank by UK artist and magician, Dan Baines.

Mr Baines placed the images on a website along with a detailed, although entirely fictional, description of the "find". The website quickly received thousands of visitors interested in the Derbyshire fairy and its author was inundated with emails on the subject. On April 1st, Mr Baines added a statement to the website, acknowledging that the fairy was a fake. He wrote:

Even if you believe in fairies, as I personally do, there will always have been an element of doubt in your mind that would suggest the remains are a hoax. However, the magic created by the possibility of the fairy being real is something you will remember for the rest of your life.

Alas the fairy is fake but my interest and belief has allowed me to create a work of art that is convincing and magical. I was also interested to see if fairy folklore is still a valid belief in modern society and I am pleased to say that yes it is! I have had more response from believers than I ever thought possible.

Hope this helps clarify!

Answer 19

It is fake. It was a April Fool's Day prank.  It says so in the article under the picture.

Answer 20

Here's what's written in the rest of the article under the picture...

Commentary:

"According to the description that accompanies these photographs, they show the remains of a fairy that was discovered by a man walking his dog between villages in Derbyshire, England. The photographs also circulate without any description and refer to the remains as a "Butterfly Man" in the email subject line. However, the fairy depicted in the photographs is actually a model created as an April Fool's Day prank by UK artist and magician, Dan Baines.

Mr Baines placed the images on a website along with a detailed, although entirely fictional, description of the "find". The website quickly received thousands of visitors interested in the Derbyshire fairy and its author was inundated with emails on the subject. On April 1st, Mr Baines added a statement to the website, acknowledging that the fairy was a fake. He wrote:

Even if you believe in fairies, as I personally do, there will always have been an element of doubt in your mind that would suggest the remains are a hoax. However, the magic created by the possibility of the fairy being real is something you will remember for the rest of your life.

Alas the fairy is fake but my interest and belief has allowed me to create a work of art that is convincing and magical. I was also interested to see if fairy folklore is still a valid belief in modern society and I am pleased to say that yes it is! I have had more response from believers than I ever thought possible.

The images and selected parts of the description were soon posted on other websites, forums and blogs and also began circulating via email. However, many of the circulating versions did not include the artist's statement owning up to the prank. The model is of such good quality, and the description so convincing, that many people truly believed that the "find" was genuine.

Humans have long had an intense fascination with magical creatures. Perhaps, deep down, many of us would like to believe that fairies really do live at the bottom of our gardens. The surprising popularity of the Derbyshire fairy suggests that it has successfully tapped into that deep-seated human fantasy. In fact, despite the artist's public statement, some have refused to believe that the fairy is not real and have even suggested a government conspiracy.

On April 8, 2007 the fairy was sold on eBay for £280.00 and, according to the BBC, is now in a private art collection in the United States.

Hopefully, the sale has provided some manner of closure to fairy lovers around the world. But, be warned, Dan Baines admits that he is now addicted to April Fool's Day pranks and advises that more may follow."

End Commentary

Oh, and by the way the title above the image says Derbyshire Fairy HOAX.

Answer 21

It's a fake. I don't think fairies were ever thought to have 'human' bodies.  It does look real, though, doesn't it?

There was a famous fairy hoax in England about a  hundred years ago.  A couple of teenaged girls photographed fairies in their garden and sent the photos to a newspaper.  For a long time nearly everyone in England believed they were real, including Sir. Arthur Conan Doyle who was at the time considered a leading expert on fairies.  Finally the girls admitted they were nothing more than paper cutouts.

You can read about it here:

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

Today photography is much more sophisticated.  I'm guessing this photo was made using Photoshop and maybe a crime scene photo.

Answer 22

my dad showed me this picture a while ago, i guess people were saying that it was some fairy from England but then everyone found out it was fake and that some guy you makes props made it. it looks real but its not :(  

Answer 23

It's not real, if it was, some one would be making a lot of money.

Answer 24

I think it could be a fake. The picture seems to indicate that this "fairy" is a miniature human with wings(the rib cage is an example of this). If this is the case then the bones of the fingers(the phalanxes of which each finger has three and each thumb has two) should be clearly distinguishable from each other and yet they are not.