Editing Cottingley Fairies (section)

==Gardner's final visit==
Gardner made a final visit to Cottingley in August 1921. He again brought cameras and photographic plates for Frances and Elsie, but was accompanied by the occultist  [[Geoffrey Hodson]]. Although neither of the girls claimed to see any fairies, and there were no more photographs, "on the contrary, he [Hodson] saw them [fairies] everywhere" and wrote voluminous notes on his observations.{{sfnp|Smith|1997|p=390|ps=none}}

By now Elsie and Frances were tired of the whole fairy business. Years later Elsie looked at a photograph of herself and Frances taken with Hodson and said: "Look at that, fed up with fairies." Both Elsie and Frances later admitted that they "played along" with Hodson "out of mischief",{{sfnp|Magnusson|2006|p=105|ps=none}} and that they considered him "a fake".{{sfnp|Smith|1997|p=390|ps=none}}