‘I was really young, maybe four or five. It was Christmastime and I was sitting by the window of our house in the woods. A bright, round light about four to five inches in diameter flew by the (second story) window too quickly for anyone else to see. I remember it being fast, and very close to the window. All I saw was the ball of light.’ ‘One ball of light, very bright (it was nighttime) about four to give inches in diameter.’ ‘My mother always took me to a clearing in the forest behind our house to give our food scraps to the fairies, but that was probably just something she made up.’ ‘I guess it could have been any of those [supernatural things]. I’ve just always thought of it as the time I saw a fairy.’ ‘I don’t even know if they exist. I know I saw this, though.’
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Iowa, US
2000s
Female: Age 0-10
never or almost never has supernatural experiences
on or near water, in woodland
6 pm-9 pm
less than a minute
on my own
no special state reported
no fairy mood reported
profound silence before the experience, unusually vivid memories of the experience