A survey of modern fairy experiences by Dr Simon Young

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Connecticut, US 1980s
Male: Age 11-20 occasional supernatural experiences
inside a private house 9 pm-12 am one to two minutes with one other person who did not share my experience
you had taken alcohol or a medicine or drug
aloof
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

‘Very strange. I was staring at a spot on a book shelf and then all of sudden a small figure, princely, popped out. After a moment it receded. It really seemed like a little fellow. I like the idea of spirits but I’ve never seen something so material, I’ve always taken the idea to be like shadow or imagination.’ ‘Like a small prince, a bit ‘Maxfield Parrish’-like.’