+OverSword Posted July 21, 2016 #1 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Just to be clear I'm not saying this is a fairy okay. I'm putting this here to entertain you so try to keep your hostility and condescension to a minimum. You know who you are. Click the link for two videos and pictures 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ouija ouija Posted July 21, 2016 #2 Share Posted July 21, 2016 (edited) I'm plumping for this being a hoax. Why? because no one thought to take photos of it when it was freshly dead(the boy who found it said it looked as if it had only just died when he found it), and because they claimed samples from it had to be taken across the border to be analysed (why?!), and the samples were confiscated and destroyed at the border ...... again, why?! Inexplicably, the remaining parts of the fairy were left in formaldehyde for two years ..... which ended the possibility of DNA testing on them. Plus, and most importantly, there isn't the tiniest remnant of a pink sticky-outy skirt or glitter. Edited July 21, 2016 by ouija ouija 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnoferox Posted July 21, 2016 #3 Share Posted July 21, 2016 (edited) 32 minutes ago, OverSword said: Just to be clear I'm not saying this is a fairy okay. I'm putting this here to entertain you so try to keep your hostility and condescension to a minimum. You know who you are. Click the link for two videos and pictures It is an example of rogue taxidermy - grafting dead animal parts together to make a bizarre final product. Similar to P.T. Barnum's "Feejee Mermaid" or the artwork of Takeshi Yamada. Edited July 21, 2016 by Carnoferox 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post oldrover Posted July 21, 2016 Popular Post #4 Share Posted July 21, 2016 10 minutes ago, ouija ouija said: Plus, and most importantly, there isn't the tiniest remnant of a pink sticky-outy skirt or glitter Don't be too quick to dismiss, fairy glitter dissolves in formaldehyde. That's why in Wales we always preserve ours in alcohol. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielost Posted July 21, 2016 #5 Share Posted July 21, 2016 looks more like a demon, with that stinger and all. fairies have two sets of wings. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rlyeh Posted July 21, 2016 #6 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Never watched the video but the site doesn't say much about it, just some Revelations mumbo-jumbo and trying to sell some book. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OverSword Posted July 21, 2016 Author #7 Share Posted July 21, 2016 31 minutes ago, Rlyeh said: Never watched the video but the site doesn't say much about it, just some Revelations mumbo-jumbo and trying to sell some book. Maybe you should try watching on of the videos then (I watched the first one) that didn't speculate about revelations or try to sell anything. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Octopus Posted July 21, 2016 #8 Share Posted July 21, 2016 (edited) 3 hours ago, ouija ouija said: I'm plumping for this being a hoax. Why? because no one thought to take photos of it when it was freshly dead(the boy who found it said it looked as if it had only just died when he found it), and because they claimed samples from it had to be taken across the border to be analysed (why?!), and the samples were confiscated and destroyed at the border ...... again, why?! Inexplicably, the remaining parts of the fairy were left in formaldehyde for two years ..... which ended the possibility of DNA testing on them. Plus, and most importantly, there isn't the tiniest remnant of a pink sticky-outy skirt or glitter. Actually, at work I have gotten pretty decent DNA from specimens that have been fixed in formaldehyde for long periods of time. Shouldn't be a problem. Edited July 21, 2016 by Fat Cat 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redefining Success Posted July 21, 2016 #9 Share Posted July 21, 2016 I doubt this is a fairy(not clicked the link.), But I was in Manchester yesterday and today, so unless this creature was called Callum, Ste, Mikey or Joe and wore high heels, then no, it's definitely NOT a fairy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ouija ouija Posted July 21, 2016 #10 Share Posted July 21, 2016 17 minutes ago, Fat Cat said: Actually, at work I have gotten pretty decent DNA from specimens that have been fixed in formaldehyde for long periods of time. Shouldn't be a problem. I'm just quoting what the guy in the video link said. In that context, what you say is interesting as it suggests it was not a valid reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OverSword Posted July 21, 2016 Author #11 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Pretending that this isn't a hoax, I find it interesting that it comes from the area of Mexico city. There a lot of pretty cool UFO videos from that area. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podo Posted July 21, 2016 #12 Share Posted July 21, 2016 This can't possibly be anything but a hoax. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OverSword Posted July 21, 2016 Author #13 Share Posted July 21, 2016 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Podo said: This can't possibly be anything but a hoax. Really? Edited July 21, 2016 by OverSword 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podo Posted July 21, 2016 #14 Share Posted July 21, 2016 1 minute ago, OverSword said: Really? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freetoroam Posted July 21, 2016 #15 Share Posted July 21, 2016 2 hours ago, OverSword said: Pretending that this isn't a hoax, , I find it interesting that it comes from the area of Mexico city. Ooooo, a game. I like pretendies. Can we do what they are doing with the Pokemon and do a find the fairy? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OverSword Posted July 21, 2016 Author #16 Share Posted July 21, 2016 4 minutes ago, freetoroam said: Ooooo, a game. I like pretendies. Can we do what they are doing with the Pokemon and do a find the fairy? I still won't play it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freetoroam Posted July 21, 2016 #17 Share Posted July 21, 2016 9 minutes ago, OverSword said: I still won't play it. What will you not play, the Pokemon or our new game - find the fairy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DieChecker Posted July 22, 2016 #18 Share Posted July 22, 2016 I thought this particular one had been shown to be faked? Hasn't this been around for a couple years now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rashore Posted July 22, 2016 #19 Share Posted July 22, 2016 It looks almost exactly like the Derbyshire Mummified Fairy. The dead fairy hoax was an April Fools joke from 2007. Or maybe the Mexico fairy, from 2011, I'm pretty sure that one was proven a hoax. But something I find interesting in threads about wee folks is how they almost always involve tiny humanoids with wings, leprechauns, and gnomes with an occasional mermaid thrown in. But in the lore, wee folks come in a huge variety of sizes, shapes, and forms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OverSword Posted July 22, 2016 Author #20 Share Posted July 22, 2016 15 hours ago, freetoroam said: What will you not play, the Pokemon or our new game - find the fairy? In my neighborhood you don't have to try to find faeries they're everywhere you go. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Unicorn Posted July 22, 2016 #21 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Talking about fairies. I have a serious bug question if anyone knows. When I was a kid I saw several flying bugs the size of a small fly. It looked like a white powder puff with almost invisible wings and had two black eyes, they were very cute. I haven't seen any for 6 years after moving to new town. I never figured out what they were to this day. My grandparents told me they were called garden fairies. Any one ever seen something like this? In flight they looked like they floated like a dandelion in the wind. If you had them in hand the powder white was like catching a moth and rubbed off on you. On subject sort of, since old people in town called them fairies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rashore Posted July 22, 2016 #22 Share Posted July 22, 2016 3 minutes ago, White Unicorn said: Talking about fairies. I have a serious bug question if anyone knows. When I was a kid I saw several flying bugs the size of a small fly. It looked like a white powder puff with almost invisible wings and had two black eyes, they were very cute. I haven't seen any for 6 years after moving to new town. I never figured out what they were to this day. My grandparents told me they were called garden fairies. Any one ever seen something like this? In flight they looked like they floated like a dandelion in the wind. If you had them in hand the powder white was like catching a moth and rubbed off on you. On subject sort of, since old people in town called them fairies. Woolly Aphids. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Unicorn Posted July 22, 2016 #23 Share Posted July 22, 2016 8 minutes ago, rashore said: Woolly Aphids. Another fairy mystery solved LOL Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DieChecker Posted July 23, 2016 #24 Share Posted July 23, 2016 (edited) Edit: Question already answered.... http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/info/insects/true-bugs/woolly-alder-aphid Edited July 23, 2016 by DieChecker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Unicorn Posted July 23, 2016 #25 Share Posted July 23, 2016 10 hours ago, DieChecker said: Edit: Question already answered.... http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/info/insects/true-bugs/woolly-alder-aphid They are so cute although I saw some with so much fluff, you could only see eyes and antenna. Thanks for the picture I know there were sugar maples where I lived before but not here, so that's why I haven't seen them for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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