I confess to mostly ignorance combined with lack of interest regarding the apparently paranormal phenomenon of fairy entities.
One thing comes to mind: parapsychologists investigating various paranormal phenomena, in particular NDEs, consider one gold standard of evidence of reality to be some sort of veridicality to the apparently paranormal observations.
Have there been any veridical observations of fairies, meaning observations or interactions with apparent fairy entities where the reality of these entities was confirmed by verified information obtained from them that was unaccountable via any normal sensory route? In other words, some sort of a fairy observation/interaction version of the NDE OBE account where the NDEer after exiting his body, then observed from the ceiling of the emergency room the resuscitation team working on his lifeless body, describing details of the scene that could not have been observed consciously from the body, especially considering that the brain was dysfunctional after cardiac arrest. The existence of this veridical account information is considered by open-minded investigators to be strong evidence for the reality of the NDE.
Of course other sorts of evidence of the fairy entities' reality would also do, such as some sort of physical objects given to the witnesses, or photographs or videos, all of course subject to the objection that they could have been deliberately faked, objections that would have to be overcome by weight of evidence.
I know that this phenomenon goes way back in history, with a lot of experiences being written about. But I hate to say it, if there is no such veridical confirmation of these entities' actual reality, then it seems to me one reasonable explanation could possibly be that they are some form of illusion or deception. I am not suggesting that the bulk of these accounts are made up out of whole cloth as deliberate deceptions on the part of the witnesses. Most of these accounts probably can be considered to be sincere. But in the absence of credible veridical or other types of evidence they may have to be considered a cultural psychological phenomenon.
One thing comes to mind: parapsychologists investigating various paranormal phenomena, in particular NDEs, consider one gold standard of evidence of reality to be some sort of veridicality to the apparently paranormal observations.
Have there been any veridical observations of fairies, meaning observations or interactions with apparent fairy entities where the reality of these entities was confirmed by verified information obtained from them that was unaccountable via any normal sensory route? In other words, some sort of a fairy observation/interaction version of the NDE OBE account where the NDEer after exiting his body, then observed from the ceiling of the emergency room the resuscitation team working on his lifeless body, describing details of the scene that could not have been observed consciously from the body, especially considering that the brain was dysfunctional after cardiac arrest. The existence of this veridical account information is considered by open-minded investigators to be strong evidence for the reality of the NDE.
Of course other sorts of evidence of the fairy entities' reality would also do, such as some sort of physical objects given to the witnesses, or photographs or videos, all of course subject to the objection that they could have been deliberately faked, objections that would have to be overcome by weight of evidence.
I know that this phenomenon goes way back in history, with a lot of experiences being written about. But I hate to say it, if there is no such veridical confirmation of these entities' actual reality, then it seems to me one reasonable explanation could possibly be that they are some form of illusion or deception. I am not suggesting that the bulk of these accounts are made up out of whole cloth as deliberate deceptions on the part of the witnesses. Most of these accounts probably can be considered to be sincere. But in the absence of credible veridical or other types of evidence they may have to be considered a cultural psychological phenomenon.
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