Fairies are real

We always ask ourselves or other people if fairies are real. Most of the children believe the fairies are real. Yes, they are real. I really believe they are real although I haven't seen one. It's like believing angels, and God without seeing them. My parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and other people that I have talked to had their own experience about fairies, ghosts, and other paranormal things.
When I was just a little girl, I always asked my grandparents and my mother to tell me stories based on their experience and encounters of witches we call it "aswang", fairies, dwarfs, and other paranormal being. There were a lot of unexplained beings during my grandparents time but they said it slowly vanished because of the civilization and because of the technologies. They said most of them moved in forests far from civilization.
There are different kinds of fairies they said. The most familiar fairy that I heard are what we call "engkanto" have their own world. They can be seen if they want to be seen. They are also capable of loving human beings. They court humans and most of the time use their magic. They also transform into human like us but theres a little difference. They appear to be very attractive, handsome men and gorgeous women. If they bring you to their place you should not eat their food or drink their water for you will never return home. They have rice which is color black. Most of their foods are color black.
There were a lot of true stories about people who were abducted by engkanto. They were physically present, appeared to be sleeping but their soul is in the engkanto's kingdom.
We believe that they are the keeper of the nature. That is why, there were stories that most of the people who attempted to cut down some trees in some areas in our town got sick or even died. Some machines used to cut down trees were damaged.
They are real. I believe.