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‘I was walking through the Vermont woods near my house. The woods stretch far. They are preserved and have many trails. I had seen other fairies and spirits before in these woods. I was walking near the edge of the wood with my mother when I looked to my left to see a brown, hunched figure. The figure was the height of an adult and male, I think. Completely covered in a brown cloak. There was something like roots on the cloak that I couldn’t quite make out. The face was covered, and the hump quite large. The figure was facing away from me, but not enough that if the cloak hadn’t been drawn, I would have been prevented from seeing the face. This lasted only a handful of seconds, but it felt like a pause. The spirit didn’t feel negative like other things I’ve seen in the past, and I felt at ease. My mother didn’t see him, but she does sometimes see the same things I’ve seen in the past. This was something I hadn’t ever seen before. I was so intrigued about its origin but didn’t want to interfere. I speculated that it could be a Brownie, or possibly the spirit of one of the trees along the trail. When I came across the Fairy Census again and saw that you could submit your experience, I thought I would tell my story, and someone else might have had a similar experience, as well.’ ‘While I’ve seen ghosts and other spirits in the woods before, I’ve seen fairies as well. I felt with certainty what I saw was a fairy, almost as if I was being told.’