A survey of modern fairy experiences by Dr Simon Young

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Texas, US 1970s
Female: Age 0-10 regular supernatural experiences
in woodland can’t remember the time many hours on my own
you had just had a burst of adrenalin (e.g. running up stairs), you were extremely happy
friendly, joyful
loss of sense of time, unusually vivid memories of the experience, a sense that the experience marked a turning point in your life, a sudden warmth before the experience

‘When I was six years old I was playing in the empty lot next to my house and suddenly, I was in a forest. The fairies were tall and they fed me a drink and cakes that were very sweet and seemed to be made of light. It was dark, but it wasn’t because it seemed like light emanated from the trees. After a couple of hours a woman told me I had to go back. I didn’t want to go back and complained. She told me I had to because I had a purpose. Suddenly, I woke up on the floor of my living room. I don’t remember getting there or leaving the open lot where I was running around and playing. I felt like I had lost time.’ ‘Some of them looked human but were tall and thin. There seemed to be a light glowing from their skin. There were others that had hooves and played musical instruments while everyone else danced.’ ‘The music was joyful and reminded me of an Irish jig, but even better. They played on drums, pipes, flutes and guitars.’ ‘I remember that they referred to themselves as Fae.’ ‘I think that there is much about the universe we don’t understand and that to dismiss the existence of fairies is shortsighted and dull witted.’ ‘[Fairies are] [c]reatures from another dimension who often traverse between the realms.’