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From: Chicago Sun-Times
Date: 19960623
Author:ED ROCHETTE

Arthur Conan Doyle created the world's the most believable fictitious character. On any given day, polls conducted on the streets of London will show that fully 70 percent of the population interviewed believe that Sherlock Holmes lived or still lives. Ask the same question about fairies and few, if any, would admit to believing in them, save for Conan Doyle himself, if he were alive. Conan Doyle believed so strongly in fairies that he once toured the lecture circuit to convince others of their existence.

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