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‘My grandparents lived in a farmhouse in a valley surrounded by the woods in the Appalachian Mountains. There were no cell phones, and we had no video games to play so back then, we had to go outside to play. There was a dirt road that led from the house to a small pond that was on the very edge of the woods. It was quite a ways from the house. I was twelve years old at the time and one day, my cousins, siblings, and I decided to go to that pond to catch salamanders, play with them, and let them go. We got to the pond when I looked up in the woods and I saw a flower deep among the trees. I’d never seen anything like it. It was huge and it had two rows of petals. The outer petals were purple and the inner petals were pink with a yellow center. I wandered away from the others to get a closer look at this flower. It was then I realized I couldn’t hear the others anymore though I don’t remember walking that far. I got to the flower, and I was reaching down to touch it when I heard a giggle. I stopped and looked around, but I didn’t see anyone. I couldn’t even see the other children I was with at the time. I shrugged it off and reached for it again and I heard the giggle again, but it was louder. I stopped and stared at the flower and that’s when I realized it was coming from the flower! It was either the flower itself or something small was hiding behind the flower. I had an overwhelming sense of fear. I slowly backed away from the flower and then I turned and ran back to the pond where the others were waiting.’ ‘I just know it had to be a fairy.’ ‘I believe fairies are real and I would like to interact with them.’