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So recently I moved into a townhouse with one roommate and my dog in rural Missouri and was fully prepared for any sort of spiritual mishaps, as I have recently moved from a demon/ghost rich area. Before this, I only held a romantic wish that the fae existed- believed that my connectedness when I walk through the woods as mere fancy, and that I projected the sounds of the trees. My childhood was full of whimsies of fairy circles and the like, and that just carried over.

But on with my current issue-

The first few nights in our place I felt fairly comfortable turning off all the lights and going to sleep… But with increasing rapidity I felt this ease slipping. Soon I was waking in the night to a door being flung open, the sound of feed pattering, or the fleeting image of a humanoid type creature, about 2 1/2th feet tall or so.

This progressed until one night I thought I was having a dream conversation with a small male creature (2 1/2th feet tall or so), with long pointed ears which pointed downwards a bit. He had a round head and brownish hair, wrinkled forehead, and a slightly pointed long nose. A very dour fellow, who wanted to make a deal with me. Even my "dream" self had the sense not to make a deal with him, perhaps something to do with my roommate. Eventually I was fed up with niceties and polite speeches and yelled at him, "That's not how it works!" He became angry and started opening and closing all the drawers in my room,pounding on my dog's cage, and making a raucous. Then I "woke up" to see him crouching on my bed down at my thigh (my dog was locked in his kennel). I was frightened and tried to find a light,but the switch was suddenly almost impossible to find. I dismissed this all as my dream and half-conscious state eventually and went to sleep.

I kept some sort of light on from that night on, until one night when I went to sleep early. I woke up to see him in the corner between the ceiling and walls, looking rather irate. This frightened me and I turned off the lights and went down to sleep in our living room, where the energy felt calm and nice before (my dog doesn't like being upstairs either). I promptly heard feet running around in what seemed to be my room, and clattering of drawers, and the like.

So I rigidly kept the lights on at night. Then today I baked some lemon poppyseed muffins with glaze, and left four out with one leftover pumpkin cookie on our cafe-style tall kitchen table. Turned out the lights, went upstairs. My dog ventured between my room, my roommate's room, and the bottom of the stairs, and came up and was behaving oddly. So I went down to check on his water and food with my roommate.

This is where I really began to believe. My roommate asked me, "Did you eat a muffin?" And when I turned to look, 3 out of four muffins were gone! So I asked, "Did you eat three muffins? Did somebody walk in and steal our muffins?" But she had locked the doors. The next logical thought was to question if our dog had eaten them. But we had not heard anything downstairs that would suggest that, and there was still one pristine untouched muffin and one cookie left. No crumbs, no dog hairs, no lick marks, no evidence. And the remaining muffin was in the middle of the plate, which my dog would have gone for before going for the furthest muffin. And knowing my dog, he would have eaten all of the food on the plate, and not left some. So either my dog is the most conniving creature ever (which he's decidedly not clever), or we have some sort of housemate we don't know of.

Does this sound like a hobgoblin, brownie, house elf, etc. to you guys? I thought maybe the fellow was a hobgoblin turning bogart (he was not happy earlier on)? What do you guys think he/it might be? What do you suggest we do?

Thanks so much if you read this! I really would love to know!

That's the thing, I'm not entirely sure what sort of deal he was trying to make, only that it involved my roommate. I was in a state which felt like dreaming, where I wasn't fully aware- which is why I at first dismissed it as a figment of my imagination. But the next day my roommate told me she had the same sort of "dream" with the same creature, and he was trying to get her to make me accept the deal.

I don't know if he's sinister, or was just rather miffed that we weren't leaving any food out? He's definitely not the nicest, but I didn't get the feeling he was mean either. Just that he had a temper. And last night, after the disappearance of the muffins, I felt as if things were getting better. I could have sworn that I saw him peeking into my room out of the dark hallway and smiling and waving his fingers last night (but he didn't come into my room because I'd plugged in a night light).

So now I'm unsure if he's been appeased and it's alright and safe to turn out our lights or not. Still not sure what he is either, but he is very real. He ended up eating the last muffin on the plate (but left the cookie (not to his taste I suppose)), and then left the plate balanced perfectly on the edge of the table.

See, I'd like to think he's a brownie or something else, but to my knowledge nothing has been cleaned in our place. He's just eaten my muffins, taken socks and shoes, and disturbed our sleep.

Thanks for replying!

Beannacht an Grá,
well Rain Its sounds to me you may have what we call a Alp Luachra. A greedy, hot tempered Faerie that just simply wants food, it will even feed out of your mouth while you sleep. To Get Rid of The Faerie Eat or Leave out Heavily Salted Meats and Sleep By a tub of Water, once it eats the salted meats it will thirst for the water and be trapped by it. And you will not have the Problem Although if you Continue to Feed it It Will progress and Maybe Bring Others. Just My Input :) Bealtaine an Déithe Beannaigh do chosáin.

Mist- my roommate hasn't done anything at all to invite it into our place, and neither have I. I don't know if it will come to anything serious or not… But I do know that I refused it's deal and told it that "That's not how it works", which is why it became angry. The only reason why it might want to prey upon my roommate is because she's been vulnerable- she's been taking vicadin due to herniated discs in her back, and I know that at least with demons/ghosts you become more susceptible when you are inebriated or under the influence of something.
gCheilteich- I just read up on the Alp Luachra- but don't these creatures generally inhabit streams? The closest stream we have is across the street about 200 yards away give or take. Also, aren't they supposed to be invisible? I've seen him quite a few times. And if he's so greedy for food, it confuses me why he would leave the porridge we left out (though our flower vase was knocked over the next morning, perhaps because we purposefully left it out?). Maybe I'm just hoping it's not one of them, or concerned that it might be something else less kindly?
Thanks so far to everyone who has responded- you are all being really helpful!
Ah thank you for clarity may i warmly sugest that you kick start some serious healing and house clearing
by focusing on your heart charkras and see the eifght pointed star blazing as a sun of white burning purifying light
as with your intent after bathing your selves with this light flood every inch of your house hold
as a nice energetic lift and powerfull aid call upon the light of the stars to decend and aid you
also of course call upon the fae folk you are close to to aid you after on the on the earthy level burning white sage ,sandle wood or scatering salt or placing cold iron is a very effective deturant
just make sure you fae friends dont get in the line of fire
any hows the thing about fae healing or protection is that you have to ask
i hope you and friend are well blessings to you both

I don't know if this is true, but I believe whatever he was, he's left our place. We haven't seen hide nor hair of him for a good week or so, and even when the lights are off he doesn't come out. Perhaps he left because he was insulted by what we left out for him, because we left out some porridge with honey and then some chocolate cake (which he didn't eat), or maybe he just wanted a bite to eat before he hit the road (the muffins). I don't know if he's truly gone, or if just off for the time being, but it seems we've cleared up whatever it was that was going on.

Thank you all for helping in this! I truly appreciate it!