Firsthand accounts of being led astray by fairies are rare today, but a woman from Meath in Ireland, who preferred to remain anonymous, recently recounted a modern take on the phenomenon on Twitter. She was doing a step count challenge with work colleagues, recording her steps on a Fitbit, and, after days of building her count by doing circuits of her housing estate, decided to vary the experience by taking a walk in the local woods. The path she took led between two identical trees, and that’s where she believes she crossed over from the everyday world into somewhere “other”.
“I stepped through and put my hands on both trees. One was really warm and the other was really wet and cold,” she said. “People are saying now that this…
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