‘It had purple wings and wore a white dress. It was the size of a small doll. It had tiny legs though I never saw its arms or face.’ ‘I actually thought it might have been an angel after but because it was small I thought it had to be a fairy.’ ‘[Fairies are] small creatures that look like people with wings.’ ‘I believe in fairies now more than ever though I believed of them before because of people telling me about their stories about fairies and small creatures like people.’
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Co. Derry, Ireland
2000s
Female: Age 11-20
occasional supernatural experiences
in woodland
12 pm-3 pm
less than a minute
with one other person who did not share my experience
you were very sad
friendly
a sense that the experience was a display put on specially for you, unusually clouded memories of the experience, a sense that the experience marked a turning point in your life