Conan Doyle was also heavily into spiritualism. Seances and such. But Holmes scoffed at these things. I think it’s a credit to his ability to not inject himself into his character and try to push those beliefs onto the public. I give him credit for that.
As for why he’d fall for such things? He was human like the rest of us and NOT Sherlock Holmes.
I am a huge Sherlock Homes fan. I could care less about his creator—LOL. I do love that he created those wonderful stories. I just wish there were even more.
One of the earliest examples of “fauxtography.”
Well, faries wear boots and ya gotta believe me. I saw them, I saw with my own two eyes....