Posthuman Blues

Grass fungus once called 'fairy rings'

"'Fairylore,' the Web site continues, 'is full of stories of careless trespassers whisked off to fairyland, returning the following day to find some 20 years have elapsed, or forced to dance in the circular revel until some faithful friend comes to the rescue.'"

I find the "missing time" aspect of purported fairy intervention especially interesting. Further, the fairies were keen on other activities -- such as abduction and hybridization -- that researchers like David Jacobs and Budd Hopkins now attribute to extraterrestrials.