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‘We were on the way to see our Gran, with my sister aged nine, and our Father. We went under railway arches, and turned into a long lonely lane, with a stream at both sides, the railway embankment on both sides. We had done this walk many times, especially our Dad, from childhood. We were walking along, and our Dad said, wonder whose those kids are, out on their own, we noticed straight away, their pale greenish skin, and pure white hair, but I became alarmed, when my Dad spoke to them. They didn’t answer. Then he said ‘oh, they don’t have knees, they seem to float in the reeds’. They didn’t speak smile, or acknowledge us in any way, my Dad, was a tough chap, but when I felt his hand really gripping mine, I knew he must have been uneasy. We walked on, and then looked back, no sign of them at all. Dad told our Aunt and Gran, they said there were no children by that description, living in the area. The odd thing is my sister doesn’t remember, and my Dad wouldn’t talk about it ever. While I never forgot it! Just what or who were they? The coalmines were very close by as well.’ ‘Girl about six or seven, pale greenish skin, pure white short hair, longish clothes. Boy, or male about four or five, same skin and hair, similar clothes.’ ‘Not sure [why I thought they were fairies]. I was very young, I think it was my Father’s reaction, is the reason, it was something strange.’ ‘[Fairies are] elemental beings.’ ‘I have always felt very strongly at one, with nature. Don’t mind talking about it now I am older, as I feel more enlightened.’