‘Saw a very small man, less than half the size of a human, walk across a field in front of me (I was walking in the field, he was crossing my path). He was wearing a workman’s apron over his clothes and I think he was carrying a bag, satchel, something like that. Looked like he was about some business rather than just taking in the scenery. Just before he was about to reach the edge of the field, and pass into the woods, he disappeared, into thin air. Like he was never there. Strangely I was not at all afraid, upset or even excited when it happened. Just matter-of-factly noted that he was there and disappeared and was something out of the ordinary. I guess in Ireland, he might have been called a leprechaun. In Sweden, where I live, we also speak of ‘little people’ under various names.’ ‘He was smaller than we are but otherwise looked like us. I imagine ghosts would be life-size, aliens would look different, angels would make a much bigger impression etc. He seemed to be of a supernatural ‘little people’, as he disappeared into thin air.’
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outside Stockholm, Sweden
2000s
Male: Age 31-40
never or almost never has supernatural experiences
in open land (fields etc)
9 am-12 pm
less than a minute
on my own
no special state reported
‘none of these, neutral, took no notice of me’
unusually clouded memories of the experience