A survey of modern fairy experiences by Dr Simon Young

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Cornwall, England 2010s
Female: Age 41-50 occasional supernatural experiences
inside a private house 3 pm-6 pm less than a minute on my own
no special state reported
mischievous
loss of sense of time, profound silence before the experience

Something about three-inches tall I thought was a butterfly or moth, but it was so white it was almost blue. Out of the corner of my eye I saw something fly past me and get tangled in my hair, I was worried it was a butterfly and didn’t want to hurt it. I could feel something for a few seconds but when I went to free it there was nothing there and nothing around the house that could have been it. I have been seeing things like this since early childhood. Cannot describe as the light it gave off was so bright.’ ‘[It was a fairy] just [from] the feeling I had from it. I have had ghosts before and this was different.’ ‘I guess they have as much right to be in my house as I do. They might have been here first.’