A survey of modern fairy experiences by Dr Simon Young

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Colorado, US 2010s
Male: Age 11-20 never or almost never has supernatural experiences
on or near water 3 pm-6 pm one to two minutes with one other person who did not share my experience
you were undertaking a repetitive task (e.g. picking blackberries)
mischievous
unusually vivid memories of the experience

‘I was going fishing with my brother at a little pond near our house and I looked out on the water and saw something slip behind a tree on the other side of the lake. It looked like what I would expect a goblin to look like. Tiny and sort of hunched over under a tree.’ ‘I think it was a goblin so that is a type of fairy.’