Frances Griffiths
Frances Griffiths (PROSE: Torchwood: The Encyclopedia [+]Loading...["Torchwood: The Encyclopedia (reference book)"]) was a girl who, with her cousin Elsie Wright, created the Cottingley fairy photos.
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In 1917, Frances and her cousin created the photos of frolicking fairies in the village of Cottingley. She sounded so convincing that, despite all the experts declaring the pictures as "fake", many people believed her. (PROSE: Iceberg [+]Loading...["Iceberg (novel)"])
Towards the end of their lives, both girls confessed that the photos were fake, (PROSE: Torchwood: The Encyclopedia [+]Loading...["Torchwood: The Encyclopedia (reference book)"]) stating that the fairies were actually just painted cardboard. (PROSE: Iceberg [+]Loading...["Iceberg (novel)"]) However, one of these photos showed Jasmine Pierce, a formerly human Chosen One from the 21st century, now transformed into a fairy herself. (TV: Small Worlds [+]Loading...["Small Worlds (TV story)"])
