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‘I was about ten years old, and it was my first year living in rural Pennsylvania. My friend and I were playing in the woods behind her house. We were pretty deep into the forest, exploring and playing pretend near a small creek. I’ll never forget when out of nowhere we began to hear a woman’s melodic voice singing in the woods. It didn’t seem to be coming from any one direction, and it was quiet at first slowly creeping up to this very loud, haunting song ringing through the trees, filling every inch of the woods. We looked at one another, terrified and started to run as fast as we could out of the forest and back to her house. The best thing I can think of to compare it to is the song from Sleeping Beauty that plays in the background as Maleficent leads Aurora to the spindle. There were no words to the singing we heard. It was a high-pitched melodic sound. It was actually an incredibly beautiful voice, but something about the tone and melody chilled me to the core. I don’t know for sure who or what was the source of this voice, but I am absolutely certain it was not of this world.’ ‘A high pitched, beautiful, haunting and incredibly horrifying female singing voice that rang through the trees and seemed to completely fill the forest. It wasn’t words or any kind of language, more like a melody it’s hard to explain.’ ‘It just felt fae. It’s so hard to explain why but it was so otherworldly, beautiful but terrifying.’ ‘I believe in [fairies] one hundred percent but take great care not to offend them. I think some want to help humanity become better caretakers of the earth while some absolutely hate us for the damage we’ve done while others are ambivalent.’