A survey of modern fairy experiences by Dr Simon Young

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Somerset, England 2010s
Female: Age 51-60 occasional supernatural experiences
on a country road 9 am-12 pm less than a minute with one other person who did not share my experience
no special state reported
friendly
loss of sense of time, 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, a sense that the experience marked a turning point in your life, a sudden warmth before the experience

‘I was just leaving Glastonbury on a lovely summer day we had had a lovely weekend at the Glastonbury symposium in the town hall. I turned onto the road and there in front of me was a creature. Looked like a little man made of twigs. I saw it but didn’t stop the car or anything, no time and then he was gone! But he was imprinted on my mind. My partner was in the passenger seat but didn’t see anything. A few months later I was in Scotland, being driven to a beach near Port *** and he appeared again in front of the car. I don’t know if it was a fairy. Felt in my heart it was a wood sprite!’