A survey of modern fairy experiences by Dr Simon Young

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Brecon Beacons, Wales 2010s
Male: Age 51-60 occasional supernatural experiences
in woodland 3 pm-6 pm two to ten minutes on my own
being alone, feeling safe, being open and unhurried
engaging and magical
profound silence before the experience, hair prickling or tingling before or during the experience, a sense that the experience was a display put on specially for you, unusually vivid memories of the experience

‘9 November 2013, Brecon Beacons, Wales, UK. I was walking alone off a mountain where I had been walking all day, in sunny cold weather. At the foot of the mountain I saw a gnarled tree standing alone, and immediately felt a tingle all over my body, and sensed that there were fairies in the tree. I closed my eyes and had the beginnings of an out-of-body experience. I was not afraid, and felt very privileged to be offered this encounter, but I wasn’t ready for such strong magic and I was alone, so I opened my eyes to make it stop. When I closed them again the out of body-experience started again, so I kept them open. I still felt all tingly, and very alive, and in awe of what I was experiencing