A survey of modern fairy experiences by Dr Simon Young

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Västmanland, Sweden 1990s
Male: Age 11-20 occasional supernatural experiences
in woodland 3 pm-6 pm less than a minute on my own
no special state reported
no fairy mood reported
loss of sense of time, profound silence before the experience, hair prickling or tingling before or during the experience, unusually clouded memories of the experience, a sense that the experience marked a turning point in your life

‘It was pale, green-faced, hooded in black. Flat nose, narrow eyes.’ ‘A mischievous, dwarfish thing.’ ‘Actually I think that ‘fairies’ and ‘aliens’ are the same beings.’ ‘Fairies are archetypal beings that live inside our mindscape and, somehow, sometimes, they can manifest in the physical world.’