A survey of modern fairy experiences by Dr Simon Young

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Brecon Beacons, Wales 2010s
Female: Age 51-60 never or almost never has supernatural experiences
in woodland 9 am-12 pm one to two minutes on my own
no special state reported
friendly, curious
loss of sense of time, profound silence before the experience, a sense that the experience was a display put on specially for you, unusually vivid memories of the experience

‘I’d been walking along a track at the side of a river through a wood in an area rich in fairy folklore. I’d gone there to take photos of the area as part of my own research into fairy lore. I got to a point where a large rock had fallen and blocked the path. As I stood there, wondering whether to try and climb over or go back, I spotted a tiny piece of paper next to my feet. On it was written the words ‘thinking of you’. I felt it was no coincidence that the rock had stopped me in my tracks just where I would find this tiny note. The logical part of me ‘knew’ it must be a part of a letter someone had torn up, but something else told me it was the fairies way of letting me know they are still there.’