A collection of tales describing real encounters of meeting fairies
Is it a Fairy or is it a Faerie? Are Fairies Real?
My first encounter with a fairy was just off the local popular bridal way near where I used to live in County Durham between Rolands Gill and Medomsley. I had a phase when I would jog about a mile or so up the track in an attempt to get fit. Often however, I never made the mile as I would either be dragged into the wood by some fun nature spirits wanting to play or by Herne the hunter to be led to some interesting places that had a very different ‘feel or vibe’ to them.
On one such occasion I was led through the undergrowth until I emerged by a stream.
There was a small overhanging tree on the other side which seemed to have some sort of being sitting in its central branches about two meters from the ground.
How big are Fairies and do Fairies carry Wands?
As I got closer, it resolved into a white creature holding a long stick type thing which actually twinkled at one end – sorry but I just could not handle that this could be a magic wand. What really confused me was that it seemed quite big (about two feet tall (60cm)) and seemed eh! somewhat overweight. As I believed that fairys were very small – say no more than six inches tall (15cm) and slim then this encounter caused me slight confusion. As did the fact that it actually seemed to have some sort of magic wand. Communication with this fairy went something along the lines of;
‘Are you a fairy?’ – ‘Yes I’m a fairy’. . .
‘Eh!! . . . Are you sure?’ – ‘YES‘ . . .
‘Aren’t you eh!! . . . too . . . eh!!! . . . ‘BIG’ . . to be a fairy? . . . ‘ – ‘!$$??£‘ ‘ . . .
‘ Eh!!! . . . and is that a magic wand?!!! . . . . .
I don’t think she was impressed with this exchange; she went a little sulky.
So, a fat over sized fairy stretched my boundaries about fairies. She seemed to be lonely and wanted to keep to herself. I never asked if she could cast spells with her wand. For step by step detail of how I gradually sensed and ‘felt’ the presence of this fairy then read this post here.
Confusing Sightings of Fairies Continue
So, that was my first encounter a mite confusing and this unfortunately continued with the next encounter too . . . . So, while at Bellingham in Northumberland on another walk I spotted a figure sitting in a similar looking tree (they do seem to have a preference for a tree that has an open branched area part way up to ‘lounge’ in).
However as this particular nature spirit being was about four feet tall, was male and wearing green (green!!) it was very definitely not impressed with my chat. This is because from what I knew about fairies I thought that all faerys were female and green was the colour you’d expect of a pixie?
‘Hey – are you a fairy?’ – ‘Yes’ ‘Well how come your wearing green like a pixie?’ – ‘!$$??£‘ ‘Hey . . . . Eh!! . . . are you male?’ ‘I thought fairies were only female?’ . . . . . . . ‘NO!!! – I AM A MALE FAIRY‘
Female and Male fae sightings
I could just imagine him thinking – “Don’t humans know anything?” (For way more detail of this second fairy encounter then read this post here)
At a certain point during my encounters I realized that what I was seeing, was only what they wanted me to see with respect to my understanding. I realized that different people would see the same Being differently and that what they saw would be representative of their own background, understanding and expectations.
So, with this in mind the next time that I was out in the woods and felt the presence of a fairy it was my wish to see this being as it actually was rather than how it chose to presented itself to me. This was somewhere north of Rothbury outside a small place called Callaly if I recall correctly.
How to See a Fairy as the Fairy REALLY is?
The result was that I saw a large amorphous white cloud over a group of trees, this cloud is in reality what a fairy really is to a fairy – an intelligent energy form. As I tuned into a this cloud it coalesced and flowed down becoming more concentrated and eventually presented itself in front of me in the form of the fairy-tale fairy (much like the picture on the right). She was very beautiful and was quite amused with our encounter. I felt privileged to be in her presence, to see her as she really was and then to see her as she chooses to be recognized. It seems like my wish came true.
When you are accessing other realms to see or sense whatever is presented to you, there is always some feedback system at work. The beings you are accessing may have some ability to control their presentation; nature spirits do this.
For example the main nature spirit energy form Pan I have seen in two different forms and in one of he has so far presented himself between 2 meters tall and 30 meters.
The other factor is yourself, your past experiences and your engrained beliefs and ideas, these will ‘warp’ the interpretation of what you are presented with too.
What do fairies really look like?
Well it follows from the above that it’s going to be very hard to be definitive. I have tried with the pictures above to edit and ‘play’ with them to more accurately depict the underlying energies. Some pictures that I really like because they present much more of the ‘flavour or taste’ of this realm follow;
All of these are copyright © Stephanie Pui Mun Law and are from the web site shadowscapes click on a picture or the banner at the bottom to visit her site.
Do you believe in the fae and do fairies really exist?
There is a an attitude amongst dimensionally challenged scientists that people will simply ‘imagine’ or ‘create’ in their minds what they believe. This is a fairly obvious assumption from a group of people whose training in part is about staying distanced from personal experience, feeling, imagination and even intuition while striving to be ‘logical’ and ‘rational’ and ‘observant’.
This attitude and orientation actually prevents people from properly and deeply engaging with their own internal processes, feelings and landscape. If you fully engage with your internal states; your feeling states, mind states and processes, intuition, imagination, senses, dream states and spend time consciously in them then you will become familiar enough from repeated experiential ‘experience’ with your own internal workings to know their boundaries and limits and therefore have no problem telling the inner internal from the inner external (like I do).
I am sensitive enough to my feelings and emotions for example to know the differences between feelings arising spontaneously in this moment or whether they are ‘reactive’ feelings being provoked in response to a past trauma or block. I even know the subtle differences that tell me that a feeling originates not in this life’s but in a past life.
The above exchange with fairies confirms that what I ‘believed’ or more accurately what I knew about fairies did not result in my internal memory or ‘belief’ states confirming or even matching up with any prior expectations or preconceived notions.
What is belief and what is experience? When is a belief a ‘belief’?
I have trouble in terms of how people define what is a ‘belief’. You could say that belief exists when ‘repeated’ experience is lacking. Repeated experience of seeing and directly and consistently interacting with nature spirits, including fairies takes a person out of the realm of belief and into something else.
From the above I have to be adamant that I absolutely ‘DON’T’ believe in fairies, in the same way that I don’t have to ‘believe’ in chairs and tables because they are a consistent part of my reality. I have interacted with ‘fairies’ and other nature spirits over a very long period, these sightings are consistent AND they are also consistent for others with myself that have also developed the ability to see these beings. Quite simply these ‘beings/people’ exist, and they are somewhat more friendly than many ‘rational’ types even when you bother them with stupid questions.
So, I don’t ‘believe’ in fairies because they actually ‘exist’, however, I personally do ‘believe’ that Centaurs exist, I have this as a belief because despite that I myself have not seen one I have heard of others whom have seen one.
Based on my own extensive and consistent experiences it’s highly likely that just about everything that has been consigned to ‘myth’ or ‘legend’ relates to peoples experiences of getting in touch with other dimensional realities that are somehow intersecting with this one in other times when a ‘stupid & superstitious’ rationality was less prevalent.
As a species, it is a fact that humans are progressively disengaging from ‘feelings’ and subtle sensory states while barricading ourselves into a severely limited ‘intellectual’ head space.
How to Learn to become aware of Fae, Fairies & Nature Spirits?
Some people reading this page may be interested in trying to become aware of Fairies directly themselves. I have a page here called: Meeting, Contacting & Connecting with Nature Spirits which explains what you need to do to give yourself the best chance of becoming aware of fairies and other types of nature spirits, so click on this line to read this page.
Fairy Sightings from the Lost Archives of the Fairy Investigation Society
There is a web page here of a review of a recent book called: FAIRYLAND, MY FAIRYLAND – By, Marjorie T. Johnson. Seeing Fairies: From the Lost Archives of the Fairy Investigation Society, Authentic Reports of Fairies in Modern Times. Anomalist Books, 2014. It is published in English and described fairy sightings from the Fairy Investigation Society Archives.
Attracting Fairies By Making a Fairy House
Anyone want to make a fairy house? Then have a look at this page here. (this will open this site in a new window so you can still read what is here). On this fairy house page below the picture there is a link called ‘rules’ which takes you to a page of rules on making a fairy house. Also on the first page on the right click on the picture below where it says “How to build your own Fair House” for details of doing this or click here to get this page to open in a new window too. Have fun.
How far back in History do Fairy FolkTales Originate? How old are some Fairy Tales?
Well it turns out that folktales and languages from parts of Europe and Asia have helped researchers date the origins of some stories to thousands of years ago. The roots of the oldest tale of fairy creatures from a folktale called “The Smith and the Devil” can be traced back to the Bronze Age some fairy tales are thought to be up to 6,000 years old. A database of more than 2,000 types of folktales and stories of magic (including stories of beings or objects with supernatural powers) has allowed some researchers to compare the relationship between different folktales and language, as well as of how folktales may have been shared by neighboring peoples, revealed 76 ‘fairy’ stories that they thought could be used to accurately estimate a folktales age.
Have ‘You’ Seen or felt the presence of a Fairy or a Nature Spirit? Have ‘YOU’ had a ‘Fairy’ Encounter Experience?
In the mean time how many of you reading this have interesting tales of your own? Have you seen a fairy or another nature spirit type?If you have then tell us about it below! Don’t be shy?
Fairy Series Articles . . . .
The next page in the series is: 2) Where and how I saw my first real Fairy
I just recently seen what appeared to be Bright red with an hour glass form with red half way up it lower have and at first I thought it was a spider; then when I tried to catch it just blinked out of sight! Fair? Maybe, I have seen this thing twice in our Bath room – it is very pretty and it kind a take one back- am I going nuts?
No Dennis you are not nuts i have real photos of faerys also a friend of mine encountered an elf in the woods in Grimsby Ontario caused all kinds of
terrible things to happen to her, she never went into the woods again..she even left a string of bells and she could hear it shaking them as she left.
So, are fairies really 4 feet tall, or not? If so, how would making a small fairy house be appropriate to attract one?
They are all different sizes Veronica
Several years ago around three am my husband and I went for a walk. We passed a neighbors average that had a big pond that always drew me in when we passed by. It just had a magical, mystical feel about it. I walked up to the edge of property and saw what at first I thought were several lightening bugs flying and twirling over the water, however, when I watched longer it dawned on me….they were not blinking off. They were simply glowing, and flew in a far more graceful fashion than lighting bugs. It wasn’t until years later that I actually learned there were others who believed in fairies, and that the night we were out, called the summer solstice, was the one night of the year that they were supposed to be easier to see.
Hi! I am a druid of sorts and been working on my connection with the earth and spirits. I recently went on a walk by myself at a stone circle in Derbyshire called The Nine Ladies. I was alone and it was a drizzly day around Imbolc. I entered the stones as I felt I was guided to and tried to clear my head and just ‘be’ as I do when I meditate.
All of a sudden everything turned green (that’s the only way I can describe it sorry!) and I found myself crying and emotional. Was this a fairy encounter? I’ve been looking for an explanation but nothing is forthcoming. Thanks for your help!
Hi Sarah, it could be a nature spirit experience but stone circles represent ‘subtle’ research / power places so this could be an experience related to this aspect of this specific place. My views / understandings of reality have moved on a lot since these encounters.
I myself got to meet a war party of war fea. Very strong willed and decisive. Extremely diverse group. Long story short, I miss them. Asside the havoc they insued on a consistent basis, the were pure in there form and intent. I was honored to be lucky enough to meet them as I learned much from them. To be honest It was extremely heard to believe at first, but that to was taken care of. It was nice to be in contact with such benevolent and malevolent beings. I never undstood why the kept calling me “SEER” Though…lol I guess I will never know. Strange lot.
I live In Buffalo, New York. At night in my bedroom i was around 5 years old; Multiple fairies would visit me, They were small, Glowing green, blue, purple, yellow, i would see them faintly through my drowzy lids because they cast spells on my eyes and manipulated me to make it seem like i was dreaming. One night i remember feeling like they were levitating my body off of the bed.I wasnt panicked because i was in a daze. One morning; At dawn i was getting ready for school, It mustve been between 6-7am it was dim outside, still half dark.. i was pulling a shirt over my head and when i popped my head through i saw a yellow fairy. Looked just like tinkerbell. Small with wings. I was so Surprised and excited i tried to grab it but it disappeared into my mirror, it was very quick. Thats when i knew they really had been visiting me.. and That was my last known encounter. It leaves me wondering what they wanted with me? were they trying to kid nap me? Am i half fairy? Someone help!!
I think I encountered a fairy in my room I always wanted to see one. I was fixing a shirt and I saw something fly near me like my hand I thought it was a fly or bug so I ignored it but it flew In my face so I went to catch just then I felt like it was a fairy. I stopped and got sad because I always wanted to see one and I think it’s scared now. I think it came because of my fairy dust I have
I know they are there, so thank you for your great article.
Hello everyone, i am an artist and have painted the blue faery a few times and sold my paintings to numerous people, one day i moved out to white rock BC and after two weeks of being there i decided to take the car and run around the rural area, well i encountered an acreage with cedar fencing all around it and the rain had stopped so i emerged from the car, and walked over the road and looked over the fence, and i felt i had to go in there, so i took my camera with a long lens and proceeded to take photos, there was a stream and a burnt out tree and willow trees swaying in the wind with blue fir trees, i primarily went into take shots so that i could use them in my paintings…….a few months later a friend of mine noticed a small little lady see through like a wood nymph and her wings as she sat on a mound by a broken down tree stump still with branches and a goblin type women with her hands at the bottom of the wing as if repairing it and there was two red haired faerys sitting and a gnome if they had seen me they would of disappeared i was far enough away with my lens to catch them…in another shot you could see her dress sticking out from behind a tree and it was turquoise blue……..so i know that it was the blue faery.
Do you happen to have the photo? I’d love to see it!
Hi. My name is Sue . I live in Adelaide, South Australia. Five or so years ago I had my first faery encounter. Took me by surprise, since it happened in a very busy city car park. I had parked my car one summer evening just before sundown to go shopping, had just stepped out and was heading into the mall when this being appeared in front of me. I felt it was female. She had a blue aura around her, and I felt she had expanded her energy so I could see her. She floated in midair , looked directly at me, cocked her head to one side and smiled warmly at me. Then just as quick as she had appeared she disappeared again. All this happened in a space of 30 secs. I ws left wondering ‘what did I just see?’…. No one else saw her. Seemed she made herself known just for me that day… That was just the start of a wonderous journey with the nature spirits. Since then to this day I have seen small blue and white lights darting around my house and garden. I have encountered a gnome in my garden. I have photos of tree spirits ( faces). When I’m out in public I often see a small light following me where I go , and I’ve heard soft bells twinkling when nothing is around to cause that sound.
May I have a look at those photos? I’d love to see them!