A survey of modern fairy experiences by Dr Simon Young

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Veneto, Italy 1990s
Female: Age 0-10 occasional supernatural experiences
in a garden 3 pm-6 pm one to two minutes on my own
no special state reported
no fairy mood reported
profound silence before the experience

‘When I was a little child, I was playing in the garden, when I saw this little tiny thing. I thought it was a butterfly, but it was white, with jagged wings. I took it and I pinched it, I think I killed it, and it disappeared in a white dust.’ ‘Like a white butterfly.’ ‘I have seen ghosts in my life and I just don’t believe in aliens.’ ‘[What are fairies?] Little creatures butterfly-like.’