A survey of modern fairy experiences by Dr Simon Young

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California, US 2010s
Female: Age 41-50 occasional supernatural experiences
on or near water, in woodland 9 am-12 pm one to two minutes with several other people, none of whom shared my experience
you were undertaking a repetitive task (e.g. picking blackberries), you were extremely happy
friendly, angry, erotic
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, a sense that the experience marked a turning point in your life

‘I was picking cherries and noticed a lot of moss and mushrooms and very small flowers, I thought to myself the area looked very much like fairy land. On my second day at the job picking cherries a very small one-inch tall, light greenish gold fairy appeared to me. She had mermaid legs with little feet or fishtail she had blond hair and she was fluttering in front of me. I said hello and she leaned against the tree I was picking cherries on. I was kneeling down when she came to me. She fluttered her wings she had four golden iridescent wings like a butterfly. She had a beautiful little face. I was talking to her asking her where she came from. But I could not hear what she was saying. She was making sounds that I did not understand or could not hear. Then I thought I would take a picture of her with my cell phone and when I tried to take the picture she got mad and looked at me and quickly flew away. After this happened a dark insect like creature about the same size kept flying in my face. It scratched on my neck and it seemed to be angry. I continued my job working and I apologized to the fairy for trying to take a picture. As I got to my car another insect-like creature attacked me and flew into my face and scratched my forehead.’ ‘She was greenish gold.’ ‘The other two were black greenish brown.’ ‘Sounded high pitch inaudible.’ ‘Because she looked like a fairy type that I have seen in books but not exactly she had a fish tail like a mermaid. And I had been thinking of fairies for a few days because the area looked like where fairies live.’ ‘[Fairies are] little magical people with wings.’