THOUSANDS of GULLIBLE believers in Mexico have been DUPED by an unemployed laborer who claims he has captured a real-life FAIRY!

According to reports, as many as 3000 people have paid $1.60 to view the magical creature, which appears to be a plastic figure that resembles Disney’s Tinkerbell – but viewers remain blissfully unaware that it’s only a toy.

Jose Maldonado, 22, said he managed to capture the flying fairy as he was picking guavas and saw it “twinkling.”

He told reporters: “I thought it was a firefly. I picked it up and felt that it was moving; when I looked at it I knew that it was a fairy godmother.”

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