Looking through a series of pictures of pastoral landscapes taken in the hills of Wales, English photographer John Rutledge was shocked to find in the photographs tiny translucent figures with wings resembling human outlines. He is sure that real elves were accidentally caught in his lens.
In the pictures taken in the vicinity of Newbridge, Wales, the small elf figurines in Routledge's pictures flutter among flowers and grass, exactly as described in old Welsh legends.
“As a child, I dreamed of witnessing the paranormal,” says Rutledge. "But the last thing I expected was to run into him in a forest in South Wales."
When zoomed in, the picture clearly shows the figures, each of which, in addition to arms and legs, also has a pair of wings.
It is these little winged men that are described in numerous British fairy tales and legends.
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However, one should not delude oneself. Perhaps there is some clever trick behind Rutledge's amazing pictures. Many Britons still remember the photograph of the "Cottingley elves". In a photograph taken in 1017 by 16-year-old Elsie Wright. It depicted Elsie's 10-year-old cousin, Francis Griffiths, surrounded by translucent winged creatures. It took many years to prove that Elsie's picture was just a clever photomontage. Perhaps Rutledge's photographs are just a clever joke. Or did the elves from the Welsh hills really decide to reveal themselves to people?..