Interesting. Now, I don't believe in faeries per se. However, am always interested in stories - and would love, as with any phenomena, to see some evidence and be proved wrong. While I don't dispute that elffriend knows what she saw; I had a similar experience (without catching sight of definable shadows)...mine had a more mundane ending for me...but a slightly stranger ending for my bro.
We lived in a big victorian house in London - and as teens, whether through too much reading of magick, strangeness etc, teen hormones or whathave you, had a number of strange, and even to this day (damn) inexplicable events. However, I remember one time when some food went missing and had seen shadows moving. Long story short - bloody mice...the useless cat couldn't catch them (pretty and loving though it was)..or perhaps the mice were of a Jerry Mouse extraction. So, for me, mystery solved. However, just after this event, my bro claimed he woke and screamed...he saw a small manikenesque figure with a grossly misproportioned head (no not me) that just vanished in front of his eyes. Now my view is hypnopompic/gogic state. However, another view could be that it was a manifestation. Am hoping that there will be some video evidence one day to pump up the debate (this goes for all strangeness)
BTW had to get a contractor in to get rid of the mice.
Interesting further thought. I am half Norwegian. Norwegian faery stories are very dark. They haven't been (or weren't anyway) sanitised to protect the poor mites. Anyhoo, there is a species of woodland sprite they call Nisse: spindly legged, long bearded, large head. You have to (really) leave milk or something for them when in the country (lots of norgies have country cottages or know someone that has). Also, must confess that Norwegian forests are pretty mystical looking places and often there are boulders and rocks that genuinely look like a troll has been caught in sun light. I also confess, that when in those forests I get a more mystical frame of mind and my scientific belief erodes as darkness encroaches and strange sounds start to close in...
Oh well, back to the thread