‘I was around the age of ten or eleven. I was exploring the wood behind my childhood house. While walking through I came across this area of trees that felt different from the rest of the woods. I remember walking over and a small shadow flittered across my vision [and I] couldn’t get a good glimpse as it fluttered by. The wings looked like the wings of a dragonfly, and it looked pretty human-like.’ ‘They exist. There are fairies across different cultures. Each culture have their own kind of fairies that look differently and act differently than the traditional Irish fairy. [An] example is in Filipino culture Fairies (Duende) are seen as pretty malicious and trickster types that need heavy protection against [them]. I believe that fairies can be both benevolent or malevolent, and overall, quite tricky with their words. Literal terms and words have a big effect on a binding deal, as well as one’s physical appearance and age increases or decreases a fairy’s interest. In Filipino culture, many duende are attached to specific places, like trees or mud pits. They all gather around the sacred balete tree where is said to be an entrance to the land of the fae.’ ‘It looked like the fairies I’ve seen in books.’
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New York State, US
2000s
Female: Age 0-10
regular supernatural experiences
in woodland
12 pm-3 pm
less than a minute
on my own
no special state reported
aloof
profound silence before the experience, a sudden warmth before the experience