A survey of modern fairy experiences by Dr Simon Young

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Midwest, US 2010s
Female: Age 51-60 occasional supernatural experiences
in a garden, in woodland 3 pm-6 pm one to two minutes on my own
‘I think that I was just ‘at peace’ with everything in the moment’
friendly
a sense that the experience was a display put on specially for you

‘I saw a movement out of the corner of my eye that kept moving. I turned to look, thinking it was some sort of bug. As I was focusing, I realized I was looking at a human-like shape, hovering with tiny wings flapping and legs dangling. It seemed to me that, when it realized I was seeing it, it nodded its head to me. Then it fluttered off towards the wooded area.’ Why did you decide this was a fairy? ‘By what I saw and what I knew about fairies at the time.’ Fairies are ‘another form of energy being which coexists with us, perhaps drawn to our energy.’