‘I was a little baby in a crib. I was lying awake in my crib. The floor in my bedroom opened up and a bunch of little troll people came up from the ground under the floor. One of the trolls kept looking at me through the crib bars. I was scared. Another time in the same bedroom and in the same crib. I woke up in the middle of the night when my family were all sleeping. I heard many voices talking, and sounded like a banquet taking place, as I heard dishes moved around. It sounded so big. I climbed out of my crib as I thought the people were in my living room, and there was no-one there. The sounds of the banquet moved just beyond the front door to the house. I tried to open the door by standing on my tip toes, and couldn’t reach it. All of a sudden, I got scared and ran back into my crib and hid under my covers. I had many more [experiences] as I grew up.’ Fairy occurrences happen spontaneously. During common daily experiences.’ What did they look like? ‘1) Trolls
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BC, Canada
1960s
Female: Age 0-10
regular supernatural experiences
inside a private house
can’t remember the time
‘this one lasted about ten minutes, but I had many more’
with several other people, none of whom shared my experience
no special state reported
friendly, mischievous, angry, joyful, aloof
loss of sense of time, profound silence before the experience, unusually vivid memories of the experience