‘Walking under some beech trees, early morning. My friend and I initially both noticed an amorphous greyish shape on the ground about a hundred metres ahead. We thought it may have been a large dog, or possibly a deer. It shuffled under one of the large lower branches of a beech tree. It then morphed into the branch and emerged again. It had become two female figures. Each about three and a half to four feet tall. They both had long flowing dresses on and wings on their backs. They were making the branch rock and sway. They were also laughing. I could hear and feel the laughter which was very hypnotic and beautiful. It reminded me of a babbling brook. I pointed and asked my friend if he could see this and as soon as he looked in their direction they dissolved. I saw nothing further.’ ‘Three to four feet tall. One with long blonde hair, one with long black hair. They both had a pair of insect like wings and were pretty.’ ‘Their laughter was felt in my whole being. Like a babbling brook or rustling leaves or tinkling bells.’ ‘They appeared as a classic fairy as depicted in books. They appeared strongly connected to nature/natural forces.’ ‘I have no idea whatsoever [what fairies are].’
§56
Hampshire, England
2000s
Male: Age 21-30
never or almost never has supernatural experiences
in woodland
3 am-6 am
less than a minute
with one other person who shared my experience* [‘with one other person who shared part of the experience’]
you had taken alcohol or a medicine or drug
mischievous, joyful, erotic
hair prickling or tingling before or during the experience, a sense that the experience was a display put on specially for you