A survey of modern fairy experiences by Dr Simon Young

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Florida, US 2010s
Female: Age 31-40 never or almost never has supernatural experiences
on or near water, in a city 9 pm-12 am less than a minute with one other person who shared my experience
no special state reported
friendly, joyful, ‘beautifully dancing through the air with sparkles’
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

‘Me and my husband were outside smoking a cigarette. Outside in our backyard. We live in the city, but I have a tropical patch of woods behind my fence. I have NEVER IN MY LIFE believed in fairies! Ever! Did I love them? YES, they are magical and beautiful but never in a MILLION YEARS did I think ANYTHING like this was real!!! Anyways I was standing with my husband. It was dark outside, but we have lights, so it is very lit up. All of a sudden, I saw a moth or so I thought. It was bright. Super shiny gold with sparkles It flew in front of me and my husband, it stayed still, and it OPENED ITS LEGS! I SEEN ITS LEGS! I was in shock! Before I could even speak out loud my husband looked at me and said ‘WAS THAT A FAIRY!?!’ I KNEW RIGHT THEN MY EYES WERE NOT PLAYING A GAME WITH ME. I thought I was going crazy, so I ran inside to tell my kids. Who all thought I was insane. It bugged me for twenty-four hours until I realized WE HAVE CAMERAS OUTSIDE! GUESS WHAT?!?! I caught her on camera! Sparkles and ALL! I had to have my son save it and I got it on my USB just in case it erased! I honestly feel like I’m going crazy. I was never a believer and now I have to be. They are REAL! And Walt Disney KNEW about them because his creation of Tinkerbell is EXACTLY WHAT I SAW! I HAVE PROOF.’ ‘She looked like a bright gold light. Very shiny like she was golden, and her wings were almost metallic. She has glitter or something falling from her.’ ‘I have lived in this house for three years. I do not know of anyone seeing anything like this here.’ ‘I never believed and I’m still in shock to be honest. I’m so glad I was not the only one there.’ ‘This experience has made me feel crazy’.