Does anyone have any real life encounter with fairy or gnome troll type of stories?

I find them so interesting. I watch scary fairy, Godmother's channel on YouTube a lot. i once saw a fairy it had golden tights it looked male and was dressed in gold and black. Some type of shiny fabric I, Only saw it for a few seconds, outside so did my brother, our neighbors next door had a little daughter who was about 12 at the time she went to the same school as my younger brother she told us that one night, her mom and she got up to get a drink of water and there was a troll thing at their table eating their fruit they left in a bowl there, I guess the thing quickly ran outside through the dog door idk that's creepy. It seems like the whole neighborhood was filled with those types of creatures.