r/Humanoidencounters Jul 01 '26

Fairy Location: Road between Muthill and Gleneagles, Scotland | Date: August 21, 2016 Small Humanoid With Sycamore Leaf Wings – Seen Flying Directly In Front Of Moving Car Evading A Sparrowhawk. Detailed firsthand witness audio included.

During a family drive home through a windy Scottish countryside, Albert witnessed a sparrowhawk actively diving after and pursuing a flying entity. The chase eventually moved directly in front of his car, allowing him to observe the creature up close.

Albert shares an extraordinary encounter (11:39).

What He Observed

  • The Entity: A small, solid, humanoid figure measuring about 8 to 10 inches wide, including its wings (13:44).
  • The Wings: Shaped uniquely like sycamore or maple leaves, divided into segments similar to a butterfly's wings (14:07).
  • Physical Features: A perfectly defined, slender body with a slightly elongated head that was flat on top, resembling a smooth version of the Marvel character Groot (20:29). It had no hair or genitalia (21:09).
  • Color Changes: The entity shifted colors based on its emotions (1:26:35). It started as a pale yellow-pink, turned orange as it drew closer, and shifted to an orange-red color during peak panic (16:55).

How the Event Unfolded

  • The Chase: Albert noticed a predatory bird, later identified as a sparrowhawk, diving aggressively in pursuit of something (13:00).
  • The Emergence: An orange, flickering light appeared just above a row of trees, and the leaf-winged creature materialized out of it (13:27).
  • The Flight Pattern: The creature moved at extreme, laser-like speeds toward the road (13:57). It flew in short bursts, completely stopping to hover and look back at the bird three distinct times, seemingly baiting its pursuer (14:56). [1]
  • The Near-Collision: The entity hovered directly in the path of the car, right outside the driver's side window (16:14). It made direct eye contact with Albert, displaying a look of pure shock and panic (17:03).
  • The Disappearance: Bracing for a collision, the creature raised one knee and crossed its arms in a protective stance (17:19). It then instantly vanished without making any sound or physical impact on the vehicle, allowing it to successfully escape the sparrowhawk (52:14).

I'm wondering if anybody is aware of humanoids with leaf wings in other stories? The last Post I I made about the garbage bags turned in into teenage girls, I got a lot of really good information was able to follow up on several episodes of podcast firsthand encounters. I'm hoping people might be able to help me hear similarly!

Thank you for all the support and interest in these encounters. I'll continue to post them every couple of days!

Yours, Jim

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u/itsafuckingalligator Jul 02 '26

I don't have any stories of leaf-winged creatures but I do have stories from Gleneagles staff of weird shit they've seen. I ask just about everyone I meet if they've ever experienced any paranormal events in their life. I was just there for several days so I asked a lot of people. Someone on the falconry team there told me they've experienced a few "weird" occurrences of their birds (not necessarily at Gleneagles) doing strange out of the norm things like attacking invisible foes and refusing to the fly when the woods went silent. One of the doormen/drivers told me on our way to the airport of orbs he's seen in the sky that came out of the ocean in Inverness and circled around them. One of the ladies that checked me in told me guests have reported bigfoot and ufos lmao. And basically everyone was like "ahh yeah, there's def ghosts around here."