A survey of modern fairy experiences by Dr Simon Young

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Tuscany, Italy 2010s
Female: Age 0-10 occasional supernatural experiences
inside a private house 6 am-9 am less than a minute on my own
you had just woken up or were about to go to sleep
joyful
No special experience reported

‘I was going down the stairs to eat on my own for breakfast: Mummy and Daddy were upstairs. I had gone into the kitchen to get something to eat, but I ate on the stairs. I ate on the stairs because I could sit there and I could see Mummy and Daddy coming. In that moment I saw a foot and leg appear at the bottom of the stairs in front of me. The leg had red trousers and the feet had blue socks and it was a little bit of air (i.e. transparent). It disappeared, I think because it thought I was scared and decided to go away. I saw it come out of the corner of my eye. Then I went to tell Mummy. She was very interested. Then I told her in the car. Daddy told me that it was the day of the fairies, but I had thought it was a ghost. I did a picture and showed it to my friends at school. I’d like to see it again or another fairy ghost.’ ‘I only saw its leg. The trousers were red and the socks were dark, dark blue. It had no shoes on. The leg was transparent as well.’