A survey of modern fairy experiences by Dr Simon Young

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Maryland, US 2000s
Male: Age 11-20 never or almost never has supernatural experiences
in woodland, in open land (fields etc) 6 pm-9 pm one to two minutes with one other person who shared my experience
no special state reported
no special state reported
a sense that the experience was a display put on specially for you

‘I was with my sister when we saw an orange light floating above some woods about half a mile away. At first, I thought it was someone setting off fireworks, but it didn’t disappear like fireworks do. As I looked at it, I realized it took the form of whatever I thought of a pig, then a rabbit, etc. I asked my sister if she saw the same forms I did, and she said she did. After a few minutes we went into our house, and we didn’t see it anymore after that.’ ‘Orange light changing shapes in the sky above a forest.’ ‘At the time I thought it might be an alien, but it seems too much a part of this planet, if that makes sense.’