‘I was driving with my dad and a friend along a country road, [when] a fully black figure with fluttering wings and a small figure [body? i.e. not two beings] flew in front of the front window. It lingered for a few seconds, as if it was staring, then fluttered off. It looked just like the typical fairy incarnation, but it was like a shadow, fully blacked out. My dad was very confused, but knew what it was. My friend in the backseat did not see/share the experience. It has stayed with me for years.’ ‘Smallish, size of a large hand. Blacked out figure.’ ‘The tinkering and fluttering of wings’. ‘Near the New Forest, well known for magical lore and sightings.’ ‘Had such a strange feeling of certainty, clarity, vivid memory. Even my Dad did, and he was not a believer before.’ What in your opinion are fairies? ‘I would like to learn more, I am fascinated.’
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Dorset, England
2000s
Female: Age 11-20
never or almost never has supernatural experiences
on a country road
3 pm-6 pm
less than a minute
with two people, one shared my experience, one did not
no special state reported
mischievous
profound silence before the experience, hair prickling or tingling before or during the experience, a sense that the experience was a display put on specially for you, unusually vivid memories of the experience