Following the trend of the "Do you believe in..." threads

[Ren]

At the expense of anyone here ever taking me seriously again...

Do you believe in faeries/gnomes/elves/other magical creatures?

Anyone who's RPed with me is bound to have noticed my insane obsession with all that is fae. I can't really explain why I love them so much (Okay, well, I could, but that would just make things worse, so pretend that you never read this sentence.), but I am convinced they exist.

Cold, hard evidence? No. And there probably never will be, because faeries are tricky, clever little fuckers that like to mess with your head.

Anyway, I DO have my own personal experiences, and those have convinced my friends and myself...because some of my friends have seen this stuff happen. Stuff in my house disappears. I can turn rooms upside down, search every nook and cranny, everywhere and still not find the missing item. Later, usually after I ask for the items to be brought back or make some kind of appeasement offer, the purloined item shows up in a place I've looked ten times over. In plain sight. It's not just me blatantly missing something.

Most recently, my cell phone disappeared. I turned my rooms upside down, checked all the pockets of every pair of pants I own (which isn't many), checked all my drawers, cleaned out my friend's room, my car, everywhere. I checked all my coat pockets, all his coat pockets at least three times, as did he. After making an appeasement meal and an apology note asking for my phone back, he found the cellphone in the pocket of his coat. One he and I had worn since the phone had disappeared. One we'd checked at least three times. Another time, I lost a CD at school, and looked all over my office (yes, I had my own office in the library) for it. After twenty minutes of looking, I asked for them to give it back, then said fuck it and went to the bathroom. When I came back, the CD was sitting label up on top of a book on the middle of my desk. A book I'd moved, picked up, flipped through and sat down on the desk. I asked my librarian if he or anyone else had been in that room while I was in the bathroom, and no one had.

This kind of thing happens all the time...I have countless stories of this sort of thing happening.

Of course, I don't know that it could be faeries. I just believe it is, for a few reasons.

First, it started after I began feeding them. I would leave food that was selected for fae palates out for them, out of reach of my dog. If I forgot to feed them for a while, my dog would act weird and refused to go outside until I fed them again, immediately after which he'd go back to his normal behavior. Secondly, I've seen little orbs of light flying around. One was scurrying away from an open pomegranate I had sitting on my desk when I walked in the room. Also, I address them as faeries, and they respond to that. Finally, the way they behave has fae nature to it.

So yeah. The rest of you...yea? Nay? Maybe? Any experiences?

[Krylo]

Of course I believe in faeries. They edited that poll and then made it look like I did it! Damned unseelie bastards! I'll get them, and their little dogs too!

Also, I'd like to believe... but I'm not really sure. I haven't had many full experiences that I could attribute to them myself. Probably because I keep threatening to force feed them iron powder.

[Deathosaurus Wrecks]

nope, don't believe in any of the above. my belief in ghosts is mostly rooted in scientific fact and personal theories; and i've yet to come across evidence of magical creatures.

well, except gremlins i guess. the little bastards who fuck with machinery and make it break down and spontaniously work again; my work has them. washing machines refuse to open, driers break down all the time, lights burn out and come back on, exercise bikes stop working when nothing is wrong with them, then start working again after no one has done anything to fix them.

[Astral Harmony]

Sorry, I just can't say that I do. At least, not on this planet. If, by chance, I do believe in such magical creatures, then I'd also have theories, though indirectly, that creatures such as Pegasi, Dragons, Centaurs, and really big versions of various bugs exist, and that all these creatures are alien life forms, existing on other planets that are capable of at least supporting life.

So I do believe in them, but I don't believe they exist here, of course.

[Roland]

Only 2 possible "magical" creatures can exist, imo...

- Dragons: Highly evolved reptilian creatures
- really, really big bugs: Hey, apparantly, they filled our ocean at one time.

[Elminster_Amaur]

I believe in fairies. Or, what they used to call fairies back in the dark ages. I think that they were actually elves. But back to why I believe in them. My family has a legend that deals with on of my ancestors marrying the fairy princess and her father giving him a flag to wave when they needed help. Heh, they used it twice and it worked, so I'm gonna have to believe that there was something about the flag, and I'm thinking it was the fairies.

[Hunter_Shu]

You Scots and your strange legends ;)

I believe only in the keyboard gnomes, whom are the cause of typos in otherwise good typists.

In terms of mythic beings, I also believe in Saint Dogbert. He heals broken technology with his left paw, and drives away the demons of stupidity using the scepter he holds in his right paw.


Edit:
V: This coming from the people who wear skirts.

Re-Edit in response to Elminster's Edit:
Hey! I'll have you know I'm only Anti-social, capitalist, and sorta-mexican! There will be no confusing random people on message boards, you transvestite transexual self-worshipping ex-KGB anarchist munchkin hater!

[Elminster_Amaur]

Beaners like yerself shouldn't call Scottish legends strange.

Edit in response to Shu's edit: This coming from an anti-social, communist, nazi, jewish, capitalist, canadian, mexican, inferior asian, sword-chuck hater!

[Lost in Time]

No, I believed in Aliens and Ghosts but not any Gnomes, Lawn Ninjas, Faeries, and or elves.

Platypus!

[Hiroshino]

At first I sort of believed in them. Over time I realized that it could all just be stories that would sound cool to have happened. Now I just don't care. I voted maybe. Maybe they existed, maybe they didn't, who's to really say.

[Roland]

LostinTime, Lawn Ninjas do exist. They cut your lawn while you sleep.

[Omega]

all i have to say is that the Platypus is proof of aliens faries and ghosts.

[Mike McC]

You know, initially I voted 'no' on this, but I think it really should be maybe. Maybe not anything specific like you said, but... more like spirits and demons (read: not ghosts). Lets just say that some of the experiences in my life, and some fucking creepy conversations I've had with family and step-family, have lead me to believe that there may be another 'layer' to reality just beyond our reach (but not always sight, I've come to learn).

[MasterOfMagic]

Apparently my vote dosen't matter in the overall sceme of things, because Krylo is a cheating wanker. Despite that, no, not really. Though I immediately do once something goes missing on me, and it shows up in a place I searched fifty-biggilion times. But, since that isn't the case right now, no.

[adamark]

Heh, this thread sorta brought me back to my childhood when I did believe in some of this stuff. Cool. :D

[Funka Genocide]

what the, how did you? gehe?!

anyways, I said yes, because My ears are pointy and I'm tall and skinny. I also have never met my father, so I'm holding out for that whole half elven thing.

I'm also immune to sleep and mind control spells!

(I can dream can't I? well can't I?!)

[Drooling Iguana]

Sure I believe in Gnome (http://gnome.org). I use it all the time.

[Cloud Strife]

I don't believe in them, though I think it would be really cool if they were real. :D

[Lycanthrope]

I believe in them. Again, I have my reasons I'd rather not disguss. It roots to the fact that for some unexplained reason the paranormal smiles upon my college. Leave it to that.

Edit: on an unrelated note, this thread is responcible for the deaths of 12 faeries. I hope you're all happy.

[Drooling Iguana]

Only 12?

[Funka Genocide]

only 2? words that is!

boo yah!

wait, never mind.

question: how exactly have we killed these dozen fairies? what sort of action must one take to perpetrate the demise of such a creature?

[Lycanthrope]

every time someone states that they don't believe in Faeries one dies. Come on! All of you need to go back and reread Peter Pan. Geez!

[Funka Genocide]

oh, yeah, that old chestnut.

But this reminds me of a book called "The Strange Incident of the Dog in the Night Time" or something. A reference is made to an old hoax in which paper fairies were glued to sticks and planted in the ground, then a photograph was taken. An expert photographic... expert (?) of the era examined these photos and determined them to be real, even though they were obviously fake.

maybe he read Peter Pan?

[Krylo]

Yah, but Peter Pan's version of faeries is pretty stupid. I mean, really, if everytime someone said they didn't believe a faerie died, there wouldn't be any faeries left even if they had at one point existed. There are 6 billion people in the world, almost all of them, at some point, are going to doubt or just flat out not believe, and, most of them will voice it at some point.

The same goes for every generation before us. There's a genocide of faeries every human generation. They wouldn't stand a chance.

You should go read up on celtic mythology. Iron... that's how you kill a faerie. Or, really, just like killing a human, but they're allergic to iron like a vampire to silver.

[Funka Genocide]

of course you neglected that fairies reproduce so fast, they make rabits look like elephants.

I think the gestation period for a fairy is something like seven minutes. Its a good thing those little bastards exist outside of space and time, otherwise they'd eat up all the god damned skittles!

what was I talking about again? oh crap...

I'm really having trouble coming up with anything meaningful to say here, but I can't stop typing. I hope you al can understand.

[Drooling Iguana]

every time someone states that they don't believe in Faeries one dies. Come on! All of you need to go back and reread Peter Pan. Geez!What if someone, after seeing a fairy die in fron of him/her, is so glad to be rid of yet another one of the winged pests that he/she applauds. Would that bring the fairy back to life?

* Pictures a guy standing over a fairy with a fly-swatter *

"CLAP CLAP SMACK!
CLAP CLAP SMACK!"

[Ren]

But this reminds me of a book called "The Strange Incident of the Dog in the Night Time" or something. A reference is made to an old hoax in which paper fairies were glued to sticks and planted in the ground, then a photograph was taken. An expert photographic... expert (?) of the era examined these photos and determined them to be real, even though they were obviously fake.


The Cottingley fairies. The younger girl came out when she was 80-something and admitted that the photograph plates were fake, except for the last one. She swore up and down that one was real, but who knows. And Arthur Conan Doyle, Mr. Sherlock himself, was convinced by them. That amuses me.

[Funka Genocide]

that Arthur Conan Doyle connection was also made in the book, the person telling the story (who happened to be autistic, I believe) said that while Sherlock Holmes was highly analytical and logical, his creator was the opposite, believing in all manner of superstitious stuff. its a very good book, although reading it and agreeing with a lot of the comments made by the narrator do tend to make one feel a little autistic as well.

of course, maybe not everyone will agree...

:p

[Xellos]

I beleive in ghosts strongly. I think that alien existince is possible, but I have no exact view on the matter. I also have strong feelings about the "Little folk", though I also am not sure.

the "Little folk" are, of course, impossible to prove or disprove. Although, I heard about a leperachan shoe that was found. It was made to finely to be a doll's shoe. It had worn down like it had been worn for awile. Also, it was crudly stitched in the back to repair a rip in the heel. The real article was more convincing.

Has anyone heard of fairy forts. They are rumored to be sancuarys or something to fairies. They are all over Ireland and no one dares to go near them, even non-believers. However, there was once a man who dared to dig into the soil of one. he found an ancient treasure that had been burried for centuries. I guess people dicided that they were a safe place to burry things. The only catch is that all the land that fairy forts are on is owned. You would probubly be punished if you dug there.