They were taken in a secret location in the Rossendale Valley by a local Professor, definite shades of 'The Cottingley Fairies' here. Lots of people have responded by saying they believe the pictures are of true fairies, some say they 'wish fairies were true', but it's the 'grounded', 'rational' people who have surprised me. Never have I witnessed such a visceral response to a group of seemingly harmless photographs. One facebooker I know, who posted the photographs on his own timeline, has had to ask commentators to moderate their speech in case his children go online - and read all the swear words these commentators have written. All in the name of rational science.
I don't get it.
I have seen religious types get affronted and upset when their faith is brought into question, which always makes me wonder... does the offended believer think his, or her, god isn't big enough to fend off a few doubting commentators? However, when the person throwing a blue fit is doing so in the cause of cold science, then the absurdity of that situation just makes me want to laugh.
Science is big enough. Believe me. It's also a lot weirder than a lot of small minded people can imagine. As Albert Einstein once said, 'If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy stories. If you want them to be even MORE intelligent, read them MORE fairy stories!
I have met the photographer John Hyatt and he's a very interesting chap. If you are anywhere near the North West of England in the next couple of months, please go and have a look at his exhibition of his fairy photographs at The Whitaker Museum and Gallery in Rossendale.
Now, things are getting even stranger here.
Okay... it's taken me a while to post this because I wasn't sure...
Now I am sure and it's all a bit strange and eerie...
My car was broken into on Friday night. The back window was smashed in and a few things disturbed...
Now this is a car full to the gunnels with all sorts of interesting stuff - an arrow, silver spray,(I kid you not, read my book as to why!), lots of clothes, craft materials and finished craft products, then there's the usual sat-nav, C.D's, C.D player etc... so, amongst all that lot, it's taken me ages to establish exactly what was stolen out of my car full of goodies.... and this is where it gets properly odd in the light of all the problems I've been having with my book... (have a look at the older posts)... okay, so, ready for this....?
All they took, out of all that lot was a couple of boxes of business cards.
Business cards with no telephone number or personal details on them, they were printed just to advertise the paperback edition of my book, The Last Changeling, which is coming out on the 22nd. of April.
These cards were in different locations in the car, one box in the passenger foot-well, one box buried in craft fabric on the back seat.
Now they are gone. It's hard not to get paranoid when things like this just 'happen' to keep happening...
These cards were in different locations in the car, one box in the passenger foot-well, one box buried in craft fabric on the back seat.
Now they are gone. It's hard not to get paranoid when things like this just 'happen' to keep happening...
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