Article: 'FAIRY TALE' STORY IS STILL A MYSTERY.(TIMEOUT)

Byline: Craig Kopp Post movie writer

For most viewers, the truly surprising thing about ''Fairy Tale - A True Story,'' opening here Friday, will probably be the fact that it is indeed a true story.

In 1917, two little girls in Britain really did take photographs of what they said were fairies - and the likes of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini showed up to investigate.

''X-Files'' fans may be the one group that won't be surprised by all this. The photos played a role in a recent ''X-Files'' episode.

''Fairy Tale'' director Charles Sturridge says the mystery of the photos was never satisfactorily solved - even though the two ...

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