toast Posted April 6, 2014 #26 Share Posted April 6, 2014 From the article : The exhibition, called Rossendale Fairies, will be on show at The Whitaker Museum in Whitaker Park inRossendale, throughout the spring. "Don`t kill the golden goose." - Malcolm Mclaren - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duchess Gummybuns Posted April 6, 2014 #27 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Fairies? Really? That's ridiculous. Now, if you excuse me, I must go and take pictures of underwear gnomes. They're out there. Trust me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highdesert50 Posted April 6, 2014 #28 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Mimicry, or anthropomorphism, our human desire to attribute of human form or characteristics to other things, but we may have some insight as to where the myth of the fairie perhaps emerged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gumball Posted April 6, 2014 #29 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Did they have boots on and where dancing with a drawf lol. COOL PIX NONE THE LESS. It would be cool if it was fairies. Dwarf, my friend. "A fairy with boots and dancin' with a dwarf" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrLzs Posted April 7, 2014 #30 Share Posted April 7, 2014 (edited) I note his background is strictly arts, which has little to do with insect identification... "I went out afterwards and took pictures of flies and gnats and they just don't look the same." Indeed, John, if all you compared them to was flies and gnats - but perhaps there are more insects around than just those.. I know it's hard to believe, but you never know... Now, if Professor John knows anything about photography, he should be able to tell us roughly how far away from the lens these things were, and even why they are so lit up... {Sighs wearily} I'll be back later when I get a positive ID on the insect. Interesting that this was released pretty close to the beginning of April... Added PS - maybe we need to go here.. Edited April 7, 2014 by ChrLzs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrLzs Posted April 7, 2014 #31 Share Posted April 7, 2014 Some links for your perusal: http://www.abundantn...lying-bugs.html http://www.dailymail...the-garden.html http://forgetomori.c...unking-roundup/ (Scroll right down) Now, I'll happily admit that the culprit is not exactly identified.. However, I'll wager it is some species of grasshopper/locust, given those long legs and short frontal antennae.. Even Paul McCartney agrees with me... from http://www.dailymail...ilian-show.html Yes, I know it isn't exactly the right profile, but I'd bet that if we got a UK entomologist to chime in, he could identify what they are. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac E Posted April 7, 2014 #32 Share Posted April 7, 2014 Oddly enough, it's not documented in this report that they were all shouting "Hey Listen!", which consequently drove him mad and he started throwing pots all over the place. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quillius Posted April 7, 2014 #33 Share Posted April 7, 2014 Bugs.... I think I've seen wasps that sometime have their back legs together that look like that. Paper wasps specifically seem to let their legs dangle down like the bugs in the link. nope thats just a fairy in fancy dress...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maximusnow Posted April 7, 2014 #34 Share Posted April 7, 2014 WOW! genius! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralaman Posted April 7, 2014 #35 Share Posted April 7, 2014 (edited) Head to San Francisco, you'll get all the fairy pictures you want.......Thank You!! Edited April 7, 2014 by Azznerak the Black Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibeliever Posted April 7, 2014 #36 Share Posted April 7, 2014 (edited) Another Candidate? The Mayfly? Edited April 7, 2014 by Calibeliever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweetpumper Posted April 7, 2014 #37 Share Posted April 7, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theotherguy Posted April 8, 2014 #38 Share Posted April 8, 2014 You know what? Let's say they are fairies. Just run with it for a second. Has anything odd or fairy-ish ever been reported in the local area? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DieChecker Posted April 8, 2014 #39 Share Posted April 8, 2014 http://www.dailymail...the-garden.html http://forgetomori.c...unking-roundup/ (Scroll right down) That looks very much the same, and is just as clearly a bug. Good find. Now, I'll happily admit that the culprit is not exactly identified.. However, I'll wager it is some species of grasshopper/locust, given those long legs and short frontal antennae.. Even Paul McCartney agrees with me... I think it is more likely to be a tiny bug. A larger bug like a grasshopper probably would have triggered the focus better. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlienDan Posted April 8, 2014 #40 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Insects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibeliever Posted April 8, 2014 #41 Share Posted April 8, 2014 You know what? Let's say they are fairies. Just run with it for a second. Has anything odd or fairy-ish ever been reported in the local area? Well my 100 year old grandmother would tell you they're real, she's seen them. She believes in leprechauns too ... *shrug*? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarah.star Posted April 11, 2014 #42 Share Posted April 11, 2014 like me .... like me .... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebelInsanity Posted April 13, 2014 #43 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Whelp. It doesn't look like any known bug I've seen, and they truly do look genuine. I don't have a logical explanation for it. I don't see any evidence of photo manipulation either, so... this seems pretty real to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr no Posted April 14, 2014 #44 Share Posted April 14, 2014 I remember the Three Johns and I wouldn't be surprised if he isn't being totally serious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac E Posted April 16, 2014 #45 Share Posted April 16, 2014 I recently watched a Torchwood episode on faries. That was creepy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bendy Demon Posted April 16, 2014 #46 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Whelp. It doesn't look like any known bug I've seen, and they truly do look genuine. I don't have a logical explanation for it. I don't see any evidence of photo manipulation either, so... this seems pretty real to me. You...you can't possibly be serious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6.6.6 Posted April 16, 2014 #47 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Whelp. It doesn't look like any known bug I've seen, and they truly do look genuine. I don't have a logical explanation for it. I don't see any evidence of photo manipulation either, so... this seems pretty real to me. Yes! It can only be fairies! There is no other explanation to explain this!............and can I have some of what your smoking? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whisperer Posted April 17, 2014 #48 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Might be time to change me specs, but darn me ifn they don't look like fairies!...just like the ones I see in dreams sometimes, all hanging around a little bush type of tree, never ever let me catch them though...always buzz of.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamrat Posted April 30, 2014 #49 Share Posted April 30, 2014 I haven't seen them... but i guess i haven't been high enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawken Posted May 3, 2014 #50 Share Posted May 3, 2014 That's Tinker Bell and her friends Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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