A survey of modern fairy experiences by Dr Simon Young

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Monmouthshire, Wales 2000s
Female: Age 41-50 occasional supernatural experiences
in woodland 9 am-12 pm one to two minutes with one other person who shared my experience
no special state reported
friendly
a sense that the experience was a display put on specially for you

‘We were with our walking group – the boys x three aged ten-twelve years old had ventured ahead of the main body of walkers (seventeen in total) so, because I am a walk leader, my daughter and I ventured ahead to keep an eye on the boys. Two boys ventured on but one boy stopped and turned around watching us as we approached him. When we were approximately five metres away from him a fairy flew in from our left hand side right up to the boy’s face, as it reached his nose the fairy turned around smiled at us and then shot off to the boy’s right and flew away in to the woodland. The fairy was a pale gold in colour approximately one inch in symmetrical cube/box shape, wings as large as the body of the fairy: the body looked slim and fragile. The fairy’s face was slim and pointed but petite: I could not tell if it was male or female. My daughter (then aged ten years old) saw exactly what I saw. We asked the boy if he believed in fairies. He did not. We described what we saw to him and he was very surprised. He saw nothing!’ ‘The fairy actually did not look as I had expected it to – it was like an airborne cuboid – symmetrical – light gold – it did not fit with my stereotypical idea of what a fairy should look like. I have looked for images/pictures since and failed to find anything that is in fitting with what we saw.’ ‘Living beings – only revealing themselves to those that believe and those that are open to seeing and believing they exist: my daughter and I are open to new experiences.’ ‘I do not take drugs, smoke or drink alcohol – my daughter was only ten years old at the time. I am an outdoors person, enjoying nature, the seasons and wildlife. I am very much at home in a wood, on a mountain, beside a stream, in the snow, wind, rain or sunshine. If I could walk my life away in the countryside I would. I am not materialistic, conventional, fashion conscious. I am a stand alone person – do not follow any one – my daughter is very much the same. My daughter is a budding artist!’ I have seen spiritual beings – the fairy definitely not being one of these. I have seen several ghosts – definitely the fairy was not one of these. The fairy was definitely playful and was definitely living: a body mass: I could have touched it – I am sure it was a living being.’