A survey of modern fairy experiences by Dr Simon Young

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Oregon, US 1970s
Male: Age 0-10 regular supernatural experiences
inside a private house 6 pm-9 pm ten minutes to an hour on my own
no special reported
‘aloof at first then curious’
profound silence before the experience, unusually vivid memories of the experience

‘When I was about three years old I was at home with my family and we were watching the Mighty Joe Young movie on TV. I got a little over excited by it and got really loud and disruptive and [I] wouldn’t listen when my parents told me to be quiet, so I was punished and sent to my room. When my parents put me in my room, they shut the lights off and closed the door and told me to be quiet. While I was sitting there on my bed I saw a light appear in my closet and a caravan of small men and women that were only a couple inches tall began walking out of the closet in a single file line. They had little wagons and some of them were carrying lamps. They were dressed in green and brown and the men had little hats. I watched them crossing the room and head to the wall under my bed. I got freaked out by the little men and ran out of my room to tell my parents about them. They didn’t believe me but I finally convinced them to come look. They checked my closet and my bed but didn’t see anything so they got mad and told me to be quiet and quit lying and left the room.’ ‘There were two types. Most of them looked like little men and women wearing brown and green. The men had brown pants and green jackets and little hats. The women had brown or green dresses and no hats. There were also a few flying fairies wearing brown outfits. The hair color was mostly brown or black. As soon as they were gone I started seeing the lights and the caravan again. I watched for a few minutes then ran to the door to tell my parents the little men were back. My dad came back and was really mad this time that I was kept [from] leaving my room and lying to try to get out of my punishment. He duct-taped my mouth shut as well as my hands and feet and tossed me on my bed. [!] Within a few seconds after he left the little people appeared again, but this time some of them climbed up on the bed to check me out. The men were accompanied by a couple female flying fairies. I just laid there terrified while they were checking me out. They seemed really interested in my face and some of them were tugging at the tape over my mouth while others were playing with my eyelashes and hair. They didn’t seem hostile, just curious. Still, I was scared and started crying and wishing they would go away. I finally closed my eyes so I wouldn’t see them anymore. After a few minutes they left me alone. I finally worked my way out of the duct tape and looked over the edge of the bed to see what the little men were doing and they were gone.’ ‘There were multiple beings involved and were clearly physical beings. They appeared to be on a migration and were carrying items in their wagons. Their size was small and were more consistent with fairy beings than anything else.’ ‘[Fairies are] another species that live on this planet.’