LollyW
Fresh Blood
- Joined
- Dec 1, 2019
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- Edge of London
I suppose an 'It happened to me!' is a good place to start with a first post. I have been meaning to write this down for a while and was searching for possible other instances when I remembered the old FT forum so this experience has led me here.
8 years ago I was driving back from a meeting in Folkstone on a Saturday morning, it was September but I don't remember the exact date. The weather was clear and dry, it was not far off of mid-day. I was driving around 15 mph along a slip road alongside the main road out of Folkstone away from the town, coming off of a roundabout when I noticed a few metres in the distance a small deer running along the grassy verge at the left-handside of the road, I watched it as I passed and realised it was a tiny (around 12 inches/30cm) tall, perfectly proportioned red-deer stag running only a couple of miles an hour slower than me ( judging by the time it took to catch-up and pass it). I am very familiar with Red and Muntjac deer, it wasn't a small deer of another species, I have looked and looked at different species, it was a fully antlered up, red deer just tiny like a toy. It was on my side of a hedge and metal barrier with a short drop and houses behind so I couldn't have just been seeing a big deer in the distance (it was small, not far away, Ted). I had cause to drive that way a number of times after that and always looked out for it but never saw anything again. I have such a vivid memory of it, I am not known for my memory but this has stuck with me. I often wonder what I saw but I do hope it was a fairy.
8 years ago I was driving back from a meeting in Folkstone on a Saturday morning, it was September but I don't remember the exact date. The weather was clear and dry, it was not far off of mid-day. I was driving around 15 mph along a slip road alongside the main road out of Folkstone away from the town, coming off of a roundabout when I noticed a few metres in the distance a small deer running along the grassy verge at the left-handside of the road, I watched it as I passed and realised it was a tiny (around 12 inches/30cm) tall, perfectly proportioned red-deer stag running only a couple of miles an hour slower than me ( judging by the time it took to catch-up and pass it). I am very familiar with Red and Muntjac deer, it wasn't a small deer of another species, I have looked and looked at different species, it was a fully antlered up, red deer just tiny like a toy. It was on my side of a hedge and metal barrier with a short drop and houses behind so I couldn't have just been seeing a big deer in the distance (it was small, not far away, Ted). I had cause to drive that way a number of times after that and always looked out for it but never saw anything again. I have such a vivid memory of it, I am not known for my memory but this has stuck with me. I often wonder what I saw but I do hope it was a fairy.