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‘I saw what I guess you could call a Leprechaun. I was walking from our back lot to the house. We had a very old peach tree at the edge of the yard. As I came into the back yard I heard a noise and looked toward the tree. There stood a little man! He stood about two-foot high. Looked like an older man (white hair, wrinkles) dressed in browns/greens. Know he had a hat on, but can’t remember much about it. His shoes looked like moccasins, sort of. He was carrying a sack type thing over his shoulder, couldn’t tell anything about what was in it. Remember his clothes seemed layered and with uneven edges. He had a beard that was grey/white. We stood and stared at each other for what seemed like for ever right then, but I’m sure was just a few minutes. He seemed as stunned to see me as I was him! Suddenly, he turned, shot toward the peach tree and disappeared down a hole close to the trunk between two old roots. I played in the tree all the time and there had never been a hole before. Later I stuck my arm down it, even tried digging it out till my grandmother told me to quit and leave the little people alone. She did not seem surprised when I told her about seeing him. I spent hours hiding around the corner of the house, watching the tree, but never saw him again.’