A survey of modern fairy experiences by Dr Simon Young

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Hungary 1970s
Female: Age 0-10 regular supernatural experiences
in woodland 12 pm-3 pm one to two minutes on my own
‘the state necessary for these perceptions can now be induced in me’
friendly
profound silence before the experience, hair prickling or tingling before or during the experience, unusually vivid memories of the experience, a sense that the experience marked a turning point in your life

‘I was about eight to nine years old back then. My friend and I ran down to the city lake, which is surrounded by a beautiful park filled with ancient trees. It was around two or three in the afternoon. We were talking about whether Santa Claus was real, if he existed, and we were talking about fairies, which surely don’t exist because we haven’t seen any. We had a good laugh about how my mother said they do exist. My friend ran to the other side of the lake. I stayed, played with the rocks, and said to myself. If you exist or not, I will build a little house for you. As soon as I started to collect little rocks, leaves, branches for the house, something light flickered. I saw it from the corner of my eye, I looked at it, and as I was watching this little ball-shaped light, it started to transform into a tiny body. I was very shocked, I just watched! It was there next to me for at least one or two minutes, and since I didn’t move, I didn’t want it to end, so after about a minute, it moved, turned. I was just about to think that maybe I could ask, say something, but I didn’t have time for it: This little creature zigzagged twice in the air, then disappeared among the trees. That’s what happened.’ ‘It transformed from a ball of light into a human form. I didn’t see wings or the like. Its whole body was made of light.’ ‘I didn’t hear music, just a strange friction-like sound.’ ‘The place is a famous pilgrimage site.’ ‘To this day, I can’t really decide if I saw a ghost or an angel back then, in my childhood… 1.) I have seen a ghostit didn’t resemble my childhood experience. 2.) I didn’t feel fear, rather friendship. 3.) I couldn’t distinguish its gender. 4.) It didn’t want to communicate with me, but it waited to see if I reached out to it in a harmful way. I didn’t do such a thing. I remember the feeling that I wanted it to stay. 5.) I didn’t see wings, as angels are depicted. Rather a stronger flash of light, as it left, and its light was stronger when its body formed from the ball of light. ‘In my opinion, fairies may live on a plane close to Earth. They may have a passage to us.’ ‘I haven’t thought about this until now, but as I was filling out this test, I immediately thought: Maybe they could be summoned? Could I find out who it was that I met in my childhood?