‘Sitting by my bedroom window late at night when I couldn’t sleep I witnessed a faerie processional taking place on my street. A column of faeries walked, wearing white cloaks and carrying single candles in front of them, moving from the wooded area in the middle of my street towards the cemetery at the other end. I remained frozen in place for some long minutes before the processional passed completely, partially in fear that they would see my movement, partially in awe of what I was seeing. I believe to this day that this was a mound moving as the wooded area was due to be built upon.’ ‘They seemed adult height from my vantage point (from the second floor). They wore long white cloaks that swished against the road, the hoods pulled up to obscure their features. Each fae held a single lit candle stick in front of them. One fae walked in front of the others, the rest walked in two straight columns.’ ‘I could not hear the processional from where I was, but I believe it was silent.’ ‘At the time I did not understand what I witnessed, but after research and talking to others who had experienced paranormal sightings, it seemed very likely that they were fae.’ ‘[Fairies are] creatures that we do not have a good understanding of
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New York State, US
1980s
Female: Age 0-10
occasional supernatural experiences
in a city
12 am-3 am
two to ten minutes
on my own
profound silence before the experience, hair prickling or tingling before or during the experience, unusually vivid memories of the experience