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‘This happened in 2003 or 2004 in the town of ***, Massachusetts. I was thirteen or fourteen at the time. My mother, eleven- or twelve-year-old sister, two friends about our ages and I all saw this. It was a summer night. (The summer solstice, to be exact. I remember that detail.) We were feeling restless so we begged my mom to take us to the town beach. The town beach is secluded. It’s in a very woodsy area. There’s a small parking lot, and then a dirt road that goes into the woods. I don’t think it goes anywhere. It has become quite overgrown the last decade and I’ve never seen a car on it. There are stairs down to the beach. I’d estimate that there’s an elevation of maybe thirty feet from the beach to the road. It was late in the evening. The five of us were the only ones there. The beach closes at sunset, and we weren’t really supposed to be there. We were hanging out on the sand, dipping our feet in the lake, when I heard my mom and one of our friends talking excitedly. They kept pointing at something up on the dirt road. I looked up. What they were seeing were lights, like glowing orbs the size of a fist. I remember thinking they were fireflies at first, but they were way too big and they didn’t blink on and off. They weren’t flashlights, either. They were too dim, and although it was dark, I’m confident we would have seen and heard the people holding them. They floated a couple feet off the ground and moved in a soft bob. They moved into the woods and out of sight. All of us saw those lights. None of us knew what they were. We left shortly after that. Some of us were spooked but I remember being really pleased by the sight. I was sure what I’d seen was a fairy, and that’s the word we use to this day to describe them. As a teenager I spent a lot of time walking around at night (not a whole lot to do in a small town) and I never again saw lights like those.’ ‘Floating light, about the size of a fist or slightly larger. I remember thinking it looked like a giant, unblinking firefly. It was about as bright.’ ‘When we saw the lights, the word ‘fairy’ was instantly used to describe them. I don’t know why. The other people with me are not believers. What we saw happened in a wooded area. I can’t say for sure what we saw, but I got the distinct impression that the lights didn’t have anything to do with us. They were going about their business. We just happened to see them.’ ‘Spirits, possibly tied to nature, maybe with many different forms.’ ‘I hope this was helpful. I swear this story is entirely true and five people saw it that night.’