St Asaph Green Entity Encounter
A man walking his dog tapped his muddy walking stick on a metal road sign, at which point a small humanoid being with a brown face and green clothing appeared. The witness's dog growled at the creature, which exuded what the witness described as 'an air of menace.' The being shortly disappeared.
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At some point during 1961, near St Asaph in Denbighshire, Wales — one of the smallest cities in the United Kingdom — a man was walking his dog along a road when he paused to tap his muddy walking stick against a metal road sign.
At that moment, a small humanoid being appeared. The entity had a brown face described by the witness as ugly, and it wore green clothing. It exuded what the witness characterized as “an air of menace.”
The witness’s dog reacted aggressively, growling at the being. The entity shortly disappeared.
The case is notable for its strong resonance with Welsh and British folklore traditions. The small green-clad figure with a brown face closely matches centuries-old descriptions of fairy or gnome entities from the British Isles. The triggering action — striking a metal object — echoes folklore motifs about metallic sounds summoning or attracting supernatural beings. The dog’s hostile reaction to the entity is a detail reported across many humanoid encounter cases worldwide.
The encounter was first published in Fate magazine in 1993, later referenced in Janet Bord’s study of fairy encounters, and cataloged by Peter Rogerson in the INTCAT compilation. Rogerson, himself a skeptical ufologist, analyzed such cases as examples of how traditional folklore motifs persist in modern entity encounter reports — a convergence that Jacques Vallee has also explored at length.
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Investigation Notes
The encounter bears strong parallels with traditional Welsh and British folklore descriptions of fairy or gnome entities — the small stature, brown face, and green clothing are recurring motifs. The dog's aggressive reaction to the entity is a commonly reported detail in humanoid encounters across cultures. The triggering action of tapping a metal sign echoes folklore about metallic sounds summoning supernatural beings. Peter Rogerson, the INTCAT compiler, was himself a skeptical ufologist who analyzed such cases as examples of how folklore motifs persist in modern encounter reports.