‘I’m in my garden sitting on [the] floor letting ducks and hens out onto [the] lawn. A large very old tree trunk is at the centre of the garden. I was thinking of nothing at all, but looked up as all the ducks and hens [were] scattering alarmed away from [the] tree trunk area. I saw a small (say fifteen centimetres tall) [man?] that was dressed in black with a tall hat with arms in the air. I just froze in disbelief and then after say ten seconds or so the fairy with no wings that I noticed walked over the top of the tree trunk stub and disappeared. I unfroze and quickly walked over to the area and searched everywhere but found nothing at all.’ ‘It was a very small figure in a human-like form.’ ‘Small dark figure, six inches high of a typical human form I guess with wearing tall hat. Did not notice wings. It sound crazy doesn’t it but I do see it and so did the ducks and hens.’ ‘Don’t know [about fairies]. I assume they just exist and can become visible for a short while and then vanish as mine did.’
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Derbyshire, England
2010s
Male: Age 61-70
never or almost never has supernatural experiences
in a garden
9 am-12 pm
less than a minute
on my own [‘four hens and four ducks scattered everywhere when fairy appeared’]
you were undertaking a repetitive task (e.g. picking blackberries)
friendly
unusually vivid memories of the experience