‘My parents were taking all of us for a walk (five children) I was running ahead I saw the fairy/elf, stopped, it took a moment before I could speak, then I shouted for my mother to come see, everyone came, but by the time they got to me it had disappeared, although most laughed at me my mother believed me as there was no reason not to.’ ‘About eight- to ten-inches tall, lovely face, dressed in greens although I did not see any wings.’ ‘It was definitely a fairy not a ghost as I have had experience with ghosts and it was entirely different.’ ‘You asked about schooling and although I did not go to university I did attend college and have secretarial skills, I love learning so please do not think that I am silly. I am happy to speak of my experience and have always told people the truth about this sighting. I would also be very happy to explain about my ghost experiences, they were very important to my life and no matter what is said I will always believe.’
§3
England
1950s
Female: Age 0-10
occasional supernatural experiences
in open lands (fields etc)
12 pm-3 pm
one to two minutes
friendly
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