“While investigating the death of a local teacher, an admirable author called Annabelle Russell uncovered a legend about a supernaturally-cursed, peculiar map circulating throughout Wales. Legend has it that as soon as anyone uses the map, he or she has exactly 45 days left to live.”

“…Annabelle upon getting a hold of the map refused to believe the superstition. A collage of images flash into her mind: a crowded donkey balancing on a grey teacher, an old newspaper headline about a motor accident, a hooded frog ranting about spots and a drinking well located in an idyllic place.”

The above article as well as the image accompanying it, both of which were later removed from Wikipedia—after they were found on the internet, were widely mocked, criticised, and then deleted. But they also received a huge reaction. One of the earliest images ever taken of the map was taken in Wales, showing an unnamed woman sitting on a shelf. The local newspaper said the images were taken from a car which had been travelling by car to Wales on a private road. When asked if it was a hoax, one said: “That’s what the author of the map says. I’m not sure what’s going to happen with it.”

The image of Annabelle Russell appears in a book published by an author: ‘The Adventures of Annabelle Russell’. The book was published by Annabelle Russel. A second book, published in 2009 by the same author demonstrates the relationship between Annabelle Russell and her young daughter, who is married to the man she married. Ann, short for Annabelle, is the daughter of a man who is married to a man who is married to a woman who is married to a man…