‘I was walking my dog late at night on *** [New York street]. We did a once-round the parking lot as always, and a large figure stepped out of a dark corner. He said some very personal things to me, but not unkind, more advice-like, then laughed and turned and vanished, leaving a point of light blue light about the size of a lightbulb, then that winked out.’ ‘Dressed like a ‘homeless’ person, dark skinned but I couldn’t see any features, he had a hood or something around his head.’ ‘Just his voice and the street noises.’ ‘It was just so odd, but not threatening, and he seemed good natured.’ ‘[What are fairies?] I have no idea.’ ‘After I’d left the city I mentioned it to two ex-NYers, who said they had also had strange encounters with beings that looked like homeless people who dispensed advice and encouragement and vanished.’
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New York State, US
1990s
Female: Age 31-40
never or almost never has supernatural experiences
in a city
12 am-3 am
one to two minutes
on my own* [‘with my dog’]
you were undertaking a repetitive task (e.g. picking blackberries)
friendly
hair prickling or tingling before or during the experience, a sense that the experience was a display put on specially for you, unusually clouded memories of the experience, a sense that the experience marked a turning point in your life