‘First I used to hear scratching, like the scratching of a rat or birds claws. It happened in my bedroom initially. It was in the dark once I turned off the lights. I could see very small faces appear out of nowhere. The faces changed from happy to angry if you stare, they also approach you if you stare too much. I was quite unnerved at first as I wasn’t used to having other beings in my bedroom. I know this sounds so silly, but I never believed in them until I saw them. Anyway as time moved on I started to notice them in day light, but in day light you cannot see them properly just outlines in the air, they have a haze about them. I saw them in all the rooms in the house, they like the old fireplace and the other nooks and crannies. I also have seen them in the garden as well. Only in twilight have I seen them outside. I live in rural Essex, I don’t notice them in other places though.’ ‘I actually got quite scared when staring at them, so if see them now I avert my eyes. What I do remember was the ears protrude from the head. They have a sort of energy around them.’ ‘I think [fairies] are similar to humans, just allow them to have their place to live and don’t annoy them.’
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#N/A, England
2010s
Male: Age 21-30
regular supernatural experiences
inside a private house
9 pm-12 am
many hours
on my own
you were undertaking a repetitive task (e.g. picking blackberries), you had just woken up or were just about to go to sleep
mischievous, angry
a sense that the experience was a display put on specially for you, a sense that the experience marked a turning point in your life