Fairy Psychosis in Guadalajara

A humble construction worker from Guadalajara seems to have received the answer to his prayers, in the form of a tiny figure he alleges is an actual fairy.

José de la Luz claims he found the etheric femunculus after it fell off from a tree. According to him, the little lady was still alive, but later she fainted and died. He then proceeded to put the little body in a glass with formaldehyde. [News source 1] [News source 2]

What's surprising about this strange news is not the actual claims of José, but the HUGE response it has received on his little humble community! Flocks of people are willing to wait hours on a line just to get a short glimpse of this magical corpse... after they pay a small fee to the proprietor, of course

By now it should be obvious to anyone reading these lines that the 'fairy' is nothing but a cheap plastic figurine, quite possibly one depicting Pixie, a somewhat-obscure character in the X-Men Marvel Universe. But what prevents all those fervent neighbors to realize the obvious?

Is it perhaps that the psychological tension caused by the constant bombardment of blood-soaked news and economic warnings brings people into a state of 'altered reality', in which anything seems possible --including sylphs and fairies and other denizens of the subtler realms?

Or maybe it's the need to believe in something --ANYTHING-- that might bring some pale shimmer of hope lest one fall into utter despair when standing at the brink of the precipice.

Whatever it is, this should be an interesting case study for any student of the Paranormal; for it seems to be an example of how in an environment heavily charged with anxiety, the strangest belief systems can rise & flourish --say, belief in the superiority of the Aryan race in Germany during the Depression years, for instance?

Mexico & the world face a plethora of difficult challenges ahead, and no amount of clapping is gonna fix them for us --Now, if you'll excuse me, Mr. Smee summons me to the deck... later.