The Mystery Of Woolpit’s Green Children

Sherlock Holmes once said that once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth. But he wasn't even real. So what the hell does he know? In news that will surprise absolutely nobody. Plenty of tinfoil hat enthusiasts have linked the story of the green children of Walpit with, well, basically everything. One of the most popular theories is that the children weren't human at all, but fairies. The British Isles are steeped in centuries of fairy folklore, and a couple of green kids emerging from a hole in the ground is a place straight out of the fair folk textbook. Admittedly, fairies aren't typically depicted as having green skin, but they are strongly associated with the color green. They're also often described as living in some kind of underground world. They would naturally speak another language and presumably don't shop at Zara. In many ways, the fairy theory is a perfect fit. Except the minor downside that it relies on fairies actually being real. And if you happen to believe in fairies, plenty of people do, just ask Reddit, then you can probably turn this video off right now. For you, the fairy theories are slam dunk. If you don't, well, a 900-year-old story about bright green kids is unlikely to change your mind. As for me, I'm happy to file this one away in the clearly mental drawer. And whilst we're at it, we can stick several other Woolpit theories in there with it. No, the children were not aliens, nor were they visitors from a parallel dimension. They don't prove Hollow Earth is real. They weren't turned green by exposure to radiation, and they didn't arrive on Earth from another planet after an unfortunate teleporter malfunction. Right, I'm glad we got that out of the way. But where does that leave