‘I went to visit a woodland guardian tree, in a woodland that I used to visit as much as possible. I had just finished my visit to the tree, made respectful acknowledgements and turned to go down a muddy track towards the exit of the woodland when I saw a solitary fairy. I wasn’t expecting to see a fairy and when I did, I had to do a double take. I was in awe. This little being was walking alongside the muddy gully on the same track as me. Just under the sweet chestnut tree. The fairy was translucent but was visible to the naked eye. I stopped, looked at the fairy and thanked it for being. Then the fairy disappeared. It seemed to stay within the boundary of the sweet chestnut tree. I was on cloud-nine for a long while. I did revisit the woods again, but I never [again] saw the fairy in my naked eye.’ ‘It was transparent one second. More visible in the next second. The Fairy had a lilac colour. It was like a transparent camouflage, but you could see the muddy side of the path through the Fairy being.’ ‘As a toddler I had Fairy companions but did not know what they were! It was many years later I realised there was a world of Faery.’ ‘It was an experience that I would view as a gift and an honour’. ‘Fairies are invaluable nature spirits.’
§604
Wiltshire, England
2000s
Female: Age 51-60
never or almost never has supernatural experiences
in woodland
12 pm-3 pm
less than a minute
on my own
no special state reported
friendly
profound silence before the experience, 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