Dr Simon Young discusses fairy sightings research and Marjorie T. Johnson 

My partner and I have seen them on seperate occasions. People laugh at me when I say they had wings and were small although larger than a dragonfly. Since seeing them, I feel now that life is worth living. Also I wasn’t on any drugs or alcohol during sighting.

When I was in Ireland I woke up the second to last morning to a group of them standing at the foot of my bed, shuffling their feet and teeheeing. I sat up and they scattered and disappeared. I felt like they knew me, but I'm from the US and had never been to Ireland before, though my ancestors came from there. I was just shocked, and wondered if I imagined them, but they were so real seeming. This was in a farm house from the 1750s we were renting, outside a small village called Ardagh. It was a special place. Could've been my imagination I guess, but it didn't feel like it. They were mostly human child-sized, the tallest might have been 5 ' tall, the shortest about a foot high.

I worked on a farm in rural Ireland in the early 80s. On a near by farm there was a fairy Fort, ie ancient mound. The new owner who was not Irish, wanted to level the site, the locals gave warnings as to the possible consequences as there were fairy's still there. Anyhow first attempt to level the site, all the machine plant broke down. Next morning one of the digger drivers died in a head on collision on the way to the site. Third day, second digger driver lost his arm, ripped off by a PTO shift whilst using a tractor. Nobody would go near the fairy Fort, it's still there to this day.

I have never had a fairy experience but I pride myself on an open mind and this interview was fascinating. Thank you for posting this.

I have had a few 'faerie' experiences, but one that was on glastonbury Tor was memorable. I was walking down the Tor with a friend. This friend is very down to earth and not fanciful at all. Anyway as I was nearing the bottom of the hill I was aware of an odd shaped creature with a human face, hunched with long legs that were bent as if to jump. And it did jump, back and forth across the path a few feet ahead. I watched it in silence as wasn't sure if I imagined it. When we reached the end of the path my friend said, " I've seen something really weird on the path". He described what I'd seen. Did he pick up my thoughts? Who knows. 😊

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These videos/podcasts are fascinating, I'm really enjoying them and they're helping me to open my mind to possibilities, thank you! 😊😊

Commendable work by Dr Simon on the supernatural. My understanding of my own supernatural experiences is similar to Dr Simon's. I am also a rational person through which I push the boat a little bit too far sometimes but the fact that I have had shared experiences with other people shows that these were not hallucinations. For me I fit more into being sensitive which has made me open to these experiences. Having been born in Brugge and grown up surrounded by nature in the low land basin of European countries I also share his appreciation for nature. I am also not a fan of over populated soul trapping cities and suburban environments. I love rural landscapes and living.

I’ve had many sightings of fairies. It’s like a village of them live here. Along with the fairies I’ve seen other mystical beings with them. I can see them and sometimes hear them. Some encounters were good and some not so good.

Fascinating channel in general, have been binge listening to your encounters these past few days. Very thought provoking and insightful! Thank you for sharing Jo and guests

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Amazing guys, thanks so much for this fascinating conversation... Straight to my point, among other so called supernatural events I've had, never even considered Faeries before with my personal experiences but I was buzzed by what I always thought of as a giant dragonfly. Either that or the local RAF were testing their new smart drones, you get the point. So yeah, thanks sincerely & I'll be diving in to the podcasts & books. Much appreciated.

Many thanks to both of you for this video - fascinating material. Dr . Young you might like to look at the work of Prof. Kate Adams (at Leeds Uni I think) who has extensive work on children's Spirituality and the (almost universal) phenomena of invisible friends... plus talking to 'Angels' and other entities. Of course the huge problem is hermeneutics....we have loads of ''data'' ! But the question Jo raised at 27 mins in is an impossible one.... the ''what is..'?' question. It is the question which plagues people investigating things as diverse as UFOs and DMT entities. I strongly agree with you that empirical observation is crucial... but... also.... how one makes ''empirical sense'' of thing largely depends on prior ontological commitments,. ''Seeing is believing'', but it is also the case that belief conditions what we CAN see. Even hard -arsed physicists have more or less agreed on that point since the Copenhagen Interpretation of the double-slit experiment. So, a certaint level of ''fabulation'' is here to stay :) There were Nazi scientists who genuinely believed they could see the differences between Aryan and Jewish blood under the microscope.... see also Wilhelm Reich's observations on (what he thought was) ''orgone energy''. I had a friend who was pretty much an athetist materialist but deliberately tried to induce ''mystical' experiences and made much progress in that direction, including ''entity encounters''. And he was the most sober person I ever met, he was terrified of alcohol, let alone psychedelics! If you are interested in that, let me know and I can point you towards his journals on the topic. As you both rightly say, ''something'' is deffo-lutely going on... but pinning down ''what it is'' seems as elusive as ever! Thanks again for this! M X

I bought a fairy pendant and her name was poppy. I would leave a bowl of water under tree out front for birds. One day a little girl walked past with her mum, she was 2 or 3. She said poppys drink from there. Her mum said she meant puppies but I knew she meant fairies.

I just want to tell you how much I love your show!! Thank you!

If you look into the internet there’s a picture of a little shoe which has been mended a lot, the gentleman who owns it said he found it in a forest.

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The Findhorn Foundation back in the 80s discussed “ Devas”. I have experienced Devas of the Findhorn kind but wonder how you would compare the “Devas”0f Elementals and specific trees or plants. Can you compare them please.

Incredible interview. Ty.

Thank You!!!

I truly do believe in the 'good people' i dont call them the ' F' word to describe them but that is more to do with my cultural Irish background. I believe also that if St Bernadette could witness the virgin Mary then surely much older beings could and do make contact with people. 😊

Thank you! Greetings from Vermont, USA- home of Bernie Sanders. The podcast looks really interesting and i will come back for more. Your interview was very good. The only question that you missed was: 'what were your hallucinations like?' Do ask him if you have a chance. He would probably rather not say, but it's worth try.

This was a fairy interesting interview.

nice discusssion

Great interview. Thanks. Jo H Hall has a lovely voice.

Can you tell me what I saw .I was camping all of sudden the tent was covered in coloured lights big and small.the energy was very powerful and they were flying around .this carried on all night .could hear a high pitch tinkling. Are these fairy's?.

I thought fairies were a fairytale until we saw one in the garden.

I would't have given these encounters much credence before I began to read about UFO encounters & other paranormal phenomenon two or three years ago. Always loved to hear the stories, & respected the folk traditions from which they spring, though. Hard to study this phenomenon, as it (seemingly deliberately) keeps itself to the edges of human social & scientific awareness via mostly affecting individuals or small groups, & not leaving physical evidence. A baffling mystery that I doubt we will unravel in my lifetime. But it is strangely liberating in a way to know that the universe, far from being barren, is teeming with life, albeit in forms we don't understand. Cheers.

Academia does not need to be empirical, as Simon Young keeps repeating. Mathematics, for example, is not an empirical science yet is most definitely part of academia.

My fairy story came when a woman client came to my hypnotherapy office to explore why she was afraid of committing to her boyfriend who wanted to marry her. He was a very good man and she loved him dearly but still, she was afraid of marrying him. She relaxed into that "twilight" state and saw herself as a tiny little being who was kept in a bell jar on a desk in a very luxurious office, as if in a castle or mansion. She had been captured and the owner of the office kept her as a "pet", but she desperately wanted to be free, to be outside, in nature again. At one point, a maid came into the office to clean and she accidentally tipped over the bell jar. The fairy flew up the fireplace chimney and was at last, free! She was so happy to be outside in the sunshine. A tear came to my client's eye and rolled down her cheek. The relief tear is the best way to know when someone is free of an ancient fear. It doesn't require big tears, no shaking sobs; just one little tear. Due to my client's simple story and her sincere tear, I cannot doubt that fairies exist.

Thank you for this interesting video. I am currently reading through Marjorie T Johnson's book. What I fail to gather is how exactly were those testimonies communicated to her? By means of mail? Did she encounter any of those people in person and interview them? Even in the case of several eyewitnesses, how can we be certain it is not mere hearsay, and that no foul play was involved? Since we have nothing but their word to go with; no photographs, videos, no mass sightings. Moreover, given the lack of proper documentation of such ocurrences, why not simply assume them to be pranks?

Please describe what fairies are and types of fairies. Spirits, supernatural, vs good and bad angels.

Yes they do exist ,so do elves, and Dragons people have seen them , themselves, fairies can change into dragonflies and butterflies,makes me laugh people want to see them but don't believe think about it.

I would like to propose a survey question. Please reply as a test This is a potential survey question. Please answer honestly. 1. What mystical magical creature do you identify as? A. Princess B. Faerie/pixie C. Dwarf D. Witch E. Elf F. Mom G. Pirate M. Mermaid H. Other ______ I. None of the above (human) My answer is E

37:00 I think you are making the distinction between quantitative and qualitative research. I think you have taken a narrow perspective of quantitative research. Qualitative research uses the values of empiricism, but in a different and no less valuable way.

He already said prior why she was doing the census, don't you listen to your guests? or do you just follow a script?

Demons or evil spirits can change their appearance. Sometimes a demon can look like an alien from space or like a famous or known person or yes including fairies. Ephesians 6:10-20 Deuteronomy ch 18:10-12 Scripture ( Bible) even says the devil can transform himself into a angel of light. Satan is a liar and deceiver. In fact his favourite trick is to have us think he does not exist. The occult is an area we open the door to the demonic powers. Namely tarot ouija astrology astral projection mediums spells divination satanism Wicca ….on and on.. Doreen Virtue was a psychic and well known new age expert but she had a true encounter with Jesus ! She now is a Christian and knows Satan is out to destroy people who are into cults occult evolution new age drugs crime porn adultery fornication love of pleasures more than lovers of God ,gluttony , depression/suicide …other bondages and sin power.. Only Jesus is the way truth and life same yesterday today and forever. Put your cares on Jesus because He cares for you. We are in a supernatural war as there is sin and demonic power in this world. That is why the world has had past and present problems.

The hallucination theory is a non starter. If experiences with non human creatures were mere hallucinations we would be bogged down with giant spider accounts.