‘A mid-twenties, very handsome man sat and started talking to me. I was young and attractive, but usually this did not happen because he was very confident and came right over sitting down and talking. He talked about topics that were slightly unnerving. Finally at my stop he asked me if I could be sure I was really alive. In a way that was jolting. He looked me dead in the eye and when he blinked his pupils blinked vertically. I got off the train unsure what had happened. I never saw him again. I never thought it was a fairy until my daughter who reads folklore thought it must have been one after hearing the story.’ ‘My daughter believes fairies are different than and do not understand fairies. She asked if it was a solstice… It was a long time ago and I cannot recall if it was or not.’ ‘I thought it was an alien or something…my mind playing tricks on me. My daughter believes it was a fairy using glamour.’ ‘I never knew about traditional fairies… I am unsure [what fairies are].’
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New York, US
1990s
Female: Age 21-30
never or almost never has supernatural experiences
in a city
6 pm-9 pm
ten minutes to an hour
with several other people, none of whom shared my experience
no special state reported
friendly, mischievous, joyful, erotic, intense
hair prickling or tingling before or during the experience, unusually vivid memories of the experience