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‘I was on my way to pick up my ex-fiancée from work. *** is a strange town. One minute you’re in civilization, next it’s country roads, then back in the town again. As I was passing the hospital, I stopped at a stop sign and that was when I first actually realized how foggy it had become. I believe it was early October because I noted how perfectly creepy it seemed given the time of year. The fog was so thick I could barely see even with my headlights on, so I was driving pretty slowly. Suddenly at the base of this fog, I saw two back legs of a fawn. They were the same size, small, that same light brown with white spots. But I only saw two legs and the lower half of what I swear was an upright body, complete with small deer tail. I saw it clearly in my headlights as it ran right across my path. It ran like a human, one foot before the other… And I heard its tiny hooves hit the road as it ran. I think I actually sat there in shock for a few minutes because I lost time somehow and was really late picking up my ex. He was not impressed by my story. But I know what I saw. Before this moment in my life, I had a very different idea of fairies in mind. I thought things like what I saw were just artistic depictions. My point here being I had no preconceived notion I might ever encounter such a creature. I wish I’d seen its upper body, but I think the fog was there to hide this being. It felt… intentional.’ ‘I’m currently trying to figure that out [what a fairy is]. But for now, I think ‘fairy’ is an umbrella term for a lot of different beings around the world that seem to be not entirely here. I believe some of the old ideas, that Faery is in the same realm as the dead. I think they are non-corporeal entities that have a very close connection to our planet and protect it, which is why I think most do not like humans. But honestly, I think much of it is a mystery. Many theories but really no known way to prove any of them.’ ‘I only saw the lower half, which appeared like a bipedal fawn’.