Mystery AtlasElsie Wright
The elder of the two Cottingley cousins, aged 16 in 1917; she and Frances Griffiths maintained the photographs were genuine for over sixty years before admitting most were staged in 1983.
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Elsie Wright is frequently compared to Madelyne Tolentino — Both created an enduring visual template for a folklore creature or entity shaped by an external media source, a film in one case, magazine cutouts in the other, rather than an unfamiliar real encounter.
Documents & Sources
- Cottingley Fairiesphotographed 1917; confessed 1983
Elsie Wright debunked Cottingley Fairies — Admitted in a 1983 interview that four of the five photographs were staged using cardboard cutouts.