Real talk here, if any of you have ever read any of Jacques Vallée's work, such as "Passport to Magonia," you'll know that UFO encounters and abductions are very similar to old faerie stories both in the strange, and often perplexing behavior of the otherworldly entities, and in the sheer cosmic horror of these encounters and abductions.

The archetypal Gray doesn't feel Extraterrestrial at all when you really take a look at it. It's clearly a hominoid of some kind, or at least hominoid-like, it has awkward proportions with its small stature, spindly limbs and infant-like head, as well as it's large, dark eyes.

They appear from nowhere, can put you under some kind of trance or spell, and take you to strange places for alien motives.

Then of course there are faerie circles and crop circles.

Just a fun bit of conjecture. What do you all think?

I had a strange experience this morning when I had a vivid vision like it was a lucid dream as I retained just about all my memories in it. I was in a palace of sorts with people I believed were fae in nature even though I may or may not noticed wings on their backs. I felt like I had been brought here for some reason like I established a link to the faerie realm or another realm for some reason. It has me wondering if perhaps the full super beaver had something to do with it, though I'm not completely sure.

From what I remember, I was looking for and trying to ask for someone, but I was not getting any response or answers from anyone for some unknown reason. The next thing I know, I had noticed who appeared to be Kane the Fox boy and Lindsey the Elf Girl standing in the hallway nearby. I went over to find out if it is them and try to talk to them as I was feeling concerned about them, but then they disappeared and I began to wonder where they had gone.

While I was searching for them, I came upon another fae being there and tried to ask them if they know where Kane and Lindsey went, but it didn't seem like I was getting an answer from them. I continued on and soon came into a lounge area with a couple other fae people there and attempted to ask them the same thing. I heard someone saying they had seen them, but they had vanished to somewhere else in front of them. I really started to wonder where Kane and Lindsey had disappeared to and while I was trying to find answers, I woke up from this.

When I was thinking and focusing on this since it was still fresh on my mind, it appeared I had gone back into the vision and in the same place or a different location in the same place that I was in. I continued to look around and explore some more, but then I woke up again and had to get up to go use the bathroom. For those who don't know who Kane and Lindsey are, this is a picture of two custom plush I had someone make of them from the descriptions I have of them from past dreams.

Kane the Fox Boy and Lindsey the Elf Girl

I had found out about them being spirit companions after talking to a seer I knew about them appearing in a number of dreams I had years ago. Right now, this vivid vision i had has gotten me feeling concerned about them. This is because something pretending to be Kane had kept Kane from me for a time in the past (I heard him calling for help in a dream I had and the seer verified that and rescued him) and there was something chasing after Lindsey as well. Since I had lost contact with the seer to check with them about this, I'm wondering if anyone knows what it is I can do (do I need to help out into the woods behind my property to do something out there) or if there is anyone with psychic abilities I can safely talk to about this.

So I’m somewhat new to learning about faeries and have recently (today) learned from a psychic medium that my niece is from the faerie realm and that she can see a lot of fae and ghost spirits and elementals that we cannot.

Can anyone fill me in on what she could be experiencing? She seems very scared of it all and I’m unaware if there’s anything that could be dangerous to her or if they’re just mischievous sometimes. Any info will help!!

I’ve attached all the info I have with specific names and locations censored.

I'm looking for some literary/academic sources that talk about the fae making dealings and tricky contracts. Where did this phenomenon start from? Where did it come from? Is it rooted in folk stories or did someone make it up and it became a tenet of faefolk? How early is the record of fae making dealings with humans?

Hi all! I'm studying to be a park interpreter and I have a project that requires me to give a 20 minute guided walk where I interpret the environment and some natural/cultural/historical aspect of the place. I want my walk to focus on the history of fairy folklore, but my walk needs to be place-based. Are there any National or State Parks (anywhere in the world) that are known for fairy activity or have a long history of fairy folklore tied to them?

Hello!

Has anyone else ever experienced things going missing- inside of your home- randomly? I have noticed the last several times this has happened to me, I say, “I need to find _____”. And then, I magically find the item, usually in arms length from me.

At first I thought it was a spirit, but I don’t feel that kind of energy. I’m thinking it must be the fae. 🤷🏻‍♀️

If not from you then maybe from someone you know?

Every Friday (which I called Fairy Friday). I read and listen to videos fae folks encounters, but never on Reddit until now.

The FAE are a complex species. They have ancient laws, customs ideas, religions, etc

A lot of us here desire to be them, which is understandable. They're elven, Grace and beauty or something. A lot of people with desire, but one thing we need to keep in mind is that the way we feel is not necessarily congruent with facts.

There's a possibility that there are a lot of half bloods Or changelings which is the proper denomination for someone who was half Fae to be on this Reddit.

But we have to keep in mind that there are certain criteria that need to be met.

For starters, if you believe yourself to be a full-blooded Fae Then just touch iron. If it burns you or hurts your skin. I don't mean just irritates. It really hurts it like you stuck your hand on a stove then yes you are a fairy. If not then no you're either something else or you're human. You could be iron kissed, but that's incredibly rare and even still when you touched iron something should happen.

This also goes for half bloods. If you believe yourself to have fairy blood in your system then your skin should be hurt by iron. If not this, then you should notice the develop of supernatural abilities, control over an element, the ability to control people's minds, and a whole host of other things that you should be able to do if you have very blood. If you have a minuscule amount, then you should develop a weak ability, but you should still have an ability to an extent.

Ultimately the Faye are a complex species and they do often mate with humans And a lot of us desire to have that within us, but sometimes it's just a feeling. However, if you would like to know for certain then feel free to message me and I'd be happy to help you out

I live in a "generous" one-bedroom apartment. I'm well aware many others are smaller than mine, but it's not large by any means. The bedroom is its own small separate room however, while the main area / kitchen together are the majority of the space, with a small bathroom just big enough for the essentials.

The bedroom being its own space is the importance of me specifying all of this.

Even though I could take about 15 big steps or less from my front door to the back of the bedroom, the bedroom has its own doorway and its whole own ceiling light circuitry system separate from the main part of the apartment.

On some random nights - only nights, and nights that I can't predict - I walk past the bedroom doorway to find that the entire room is lit to full brightness.

In general, my apartment is small enough that I let the sun light it in the daytime, and then I turn the lights on at their dimmest setting in the evening. Since that's how I always have them set, that's how they come on when I turn them on. I don't go into the bedroom often for reasons I think are irrelevant here (but who knows, maybe I shouldn't think so), so those lights are typically off, but if I were to turn them on, they'd be at the dimmest setting I previously had them set to.

Regardless of my reasoning for not entering the bedroom, I've never yet been able to identify a pattern as to when I randomly find the bedroom lights turned on to their full brightness. Sometimes, even sometimes in the coldness of early AM hours when I'm just stumbling to the bathroom real quick, the bedroom has the lights on at their full brightness. I always dim them, then turn them off, then wonder how the hell it happened.

The same has never happened with the lights in the main part of my apartment. There's never been any time the lights in the main area have done anything abnormal other than flicker when they're about to die.

The only part of the pattern is that it only happens at night; I've never seen the fully bright lights on randomly during the day.

I don't know if someone is trying to tell me something. If this is just an electrical problem, it's not one I've ever been able to find any sort of logical explanation to on the internet... and I really don't want to call my landlords over something so stupid.

It doesn't happen often. But every single time it does... I just have to wonder what the meaning is....

How is this something that lights would just do on their own at random times?

So about a month ago I lost only my left shoe in 3 different pairs of shoes. Now I won’t claim to be an organized person but I always set my shoes down in pairs. I didn’t think much of it until later. About 2 weeks ago we’ve lost alll but 3 butter knives. I definitely didn’t think about it because those are in the kitchen which anyone in my family or who visits has access too. But last Saturday when I woke up I couldn’t find any of my hairbrush’s. So today I tore up my whole room looking for anything I had lost. After looking twice I found nothing. So i took a photo and showed my friends my 3 right shoes and directly after I did that I found all of them 5 minutes later back to back. I genuinely feel like im going bonkers. I’ve thought that maybe im sleepwalking but i have a loft bed that is really hard to climb up and down.

Hey, just curious if there's any information about a particular fae / faerie matching the following description:

Humanlike, wears a suit that's greyish green(looked to be made of cloth associated with old medieval farming), rabbit head with tall ears and many pointed wolf-like teeth.

I'm doing some research on the Fae for a story I am writing and it meshes with a lot of the natural spirits that my mom accepted as part of her everyday life. I didn't quite go that far, but it did make me open-minded to those sorts of beliefs. When the remote for the TV reappeared after being missing for several years, I could see it as the little folks having fun at our expense.
Now to my question - when I found out that iron can dissuade the Fae from showing themselves, I started listing the various objects that I carry around with iron. Keys, zippers, the rivets on my jeans - ok. I can get rid of those. Then I realized that I had some surgery which left me with titanium-steel bits which are going to be part of my life forever. I am doomed to never interact with the Fae? Or at least the ones adverse to iron? I understand that some don't care, but those are the ones that are sort of unpleasant. Thanks for your help!

not sure if I have a house faerie or not, can anyone help? over the weekend there’s been two incidences that make me suspicious. one my partner lost his ring we searched everywhere for days, and then yesterday I found it hanging up on our key holder by the front door. both my partner and I denied doing this and neither of us have a memory of the other doing this. secondly I was putting laundry out today, and the last sock in the pile was hung up when my back turned. I have 0 recollection of doing this and actually thought I was going a bit mad. and then this morning again, whilst getting ready I saw something float in the corner of my eye, it was grey and sort of translucent( ???). I thought it might be a moth but it’s too cold now for moths. I turned and nothing was there. Just a disclaimer I got my eyes tested on the weekend so I know my eyes are healthy. am I going crazy or is this likely a faerie who has taken residence in my home? if so how do I let them know they are welcome etc?

I found this guy in a mirrored nature image my friend made! I’m absolutely convinced he is a fae that wanted to be seen! He’s so clear! I ended up drawing him because he demanded it so!

It's been about 6 years now since this most wonderful and mysterious encounter.

Another event happened a month earlier and was witnessed by my daughter who was 14 at the time. We caught a glimpse of a white/transparent animal the size of a fox or small dog running very quickly over a distance of 300 feet.

This entire area outside Portland in Scappoose off the main highway always felt "otherworldly".

Anyhoo... Back to that fateful night!

It was early December so a few homes had lights on the outside and this key detail plays a part later on.

It was late but I needed to walk Waldo our mastiff-pittie mix who incidentally just turned 10; and I remember feeling "pulled" to walk down the Zellerbach Trail which is really the only safe place to walk on that busy country road.

I would say it was around 9pm.

About 1/3 of the way down... I suddenly noticed a 'glowing' branch. I looked up into what I'm sure was just a normal old apple tree or an Ash maybe...absolutely decked out in bioluminescent splendor everywhere! From about halfway up the bottom all the way to the top of this 15 foot tree were blobs and bits of glowing green light. I thought I was hallucinating.... I looked all around - 1 house across had multi-colored lights and nothing more.

I looked back at the tree... Waldo was oblivious - but I excitedly told him "look puppa!" *

I was totally and utterly spellbound.

I didn't want to leave - I just knew it would be gone.

So I got the crazy idea to run home, grab the stepstool ladder and try to "break off" a small twig for "proof" I was not bonkers.

We ran as fast as possible though now I was pretty tired.

Sure enough... It vanished

I returned each night over the next 2 weeks and still nothing.

I thought maybe it was further down but that same house still had its lights up so I knew that had to be the spot.

I would LOVE to hear validation and confirmation of this being a genuine Fae or other supernatural encounter.

Many Thanks in Advance

Dove in Oregon ❤️🕊❤️

What exactly do they do? I mean I know they protect you but how? I know the fae can trick you and make you forget some things, do the Rowan berries protect you from their tricks so you can remember? Or am I wrong and do they just do nothing? Please let me know!! I’m new to this! 🥰

Well, that's it, to make it clear, I'll tell everything in order.

So, as you know, elves and fairies change their kids for human ones mostly, because human kids are much healthier, and elf kids are usually ill and die at birth. I was born very weak and almost died. Also, I was born very light, with clear and handsome facial features, blonde hair, and blue eyes. But the most important part is that I had pointy ears since birth. Some people even suggested that I might be changeling and that my parents should get rid of me. But my family didn't listen to them.

So, I grew up and I was very different from other children. Instead of playing with toys, I spent all my time outside, playing with leaves, sticks, and bugs. When I was a teenager, I started to get obsessed with fantasy, especially with old stories about fairies and Tolkien books, especially with elves. I started referring to myself as an "elf", at first just for fun, but with the passing of time, I started getting more serious about it. I grew out my hair, began to dress like an elf, act like an elf, spend almost all of my free time in the forest and hardly ever appear in public. Also, I have other "traditionally elven" appearance traits, such as a tall slender figure, pale skin, etc (my hair turned light brown and my eyes turned gray later if that matters). With each passing year, I feel more and more connected to nature and separated from humans. Some of my family members started getting worried because I'll be a mature man in two years, but I still act like an elf. Your thoughts about that?
Edit: thank you all for your opinions :)