A survey of modern fairy experiences by Dr Simon Young

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Yorkshire, England 1980s
Female: Age 0-10 occasional supernatural experiences
inside a private house 6 am-9 am one to two minutes with one other person who did not share my experience
you had just woken up or were just about to go to sleep, you were very sad
no fairy mood recorded
loss of sense of time, hair prickling or tingling before or during the experience

‘I had a dream that the beansidhe [banshee] was calling for my father (he worked away) and when I awoke, I saw a beautiful blue lady standing by the curtains in my mother’s bedroom where I had fallen asleep. I tried to wake her [mother], but the visitor went back through the curtains and disappeared. I saw her, or one like her again, after visiting a graveyard. This happened at my friend’s house just after dusk in November 2019 and her cats were very skittish and scared. She (the Faery) communicated with me in what can only be described as telepathy. I left her offerings by a tree, but my friend became afraid and shouted for her to leave. There was a bang on [the] front door. I felt as if my friend offended her and asked her forgiveness. I hope she isn’t still upset.’ ‘A lady with pale blue skin and dark hair.’ ‘Buzzing’. ‘I believe the first was the Bean-Sidhe. I’m not a completely naive person, not in that way and always like to analyse things that happen to me. The second time I saw/felt her I had just come back from a graveyard and sang an old folk song at my ex-partner’s mother’s grave. She had the sight too, I believe… Just hope she didn’t send the Bean-Sidhe because my voice was terrible!’ What are fairies? ‘I’m undecided… Just that they exist and I’ve always felt them.’