‘Unlike anything I’d ever seen!’: B.C. man captures footage of ‘fairy’ on security camera

Adam meets a man who captured a seemingly supernatural creature on his security camera.

ESQUIMALT, B.C. — Before he ever imagined seeing something magical, Steve McBeath installed security cameras to be purely practical.

“There was a bit of comfort in having them,” Steve says. “To be able to see who’s been wandering around your place.”

Whenever the camera is triggered, Steve immediately gets a notification on his phone saying if it’s a human or an animal.

“All sorts of critters are constantly moving past it,” Steve says, adding he’s seen countless cats, dogs, raccoons and deer.

But there have been a couple times when the camera captured people – including someone who tried to open his car and turn the handle on his back door.

“They had actually done some break-ins that same evening,” he says.

So, when Steve got a similar notification the other night, he feared the worst.

“It said it saw a person,” Steve says. “(But) it wasn’t a person.”

And it wasn’t one of the usual animals either.

“It was unlike anything I’ve ever seen before,” Steve says.

It appeared as a bright dot crossing the black and white video, before suddenly turning up and flying straight at the camera.

“It was bizarre,” Steve says. “It looked kind of humanoid.”

It looked like a fairy with a glowing set of wings.

“It was very eerily lit,” Steve says of the footage. “It was a shimmering silver colour.”

While that magical moment was quickly replaced by a mundane explanation – it was likely some sort of insect – it was still wonderful.

“I just thought other people would get a kick out of it as well,” Steve says.

So, Steve took the time to post the fairy video on his local community page.

“The very first guy (who commented) said a rolled-up newspaper would take care of that,” Steve says.

But after that, more than a couple people mentioned the creatures looked like Tinker Bell from Peter Pan. Hundreds expressed their appreciation, and tens of thousands watched the magic unfold.

“I was just stunned with the response to this,” Steve says.

But even better was seeing one his granddaughters Isabelle watching the fairy footage for the first time in awe.

“They’ll always remember the time their goofy old grandad got himself on TV because a fly flew by his security camera!” Steve laughs.

Or they will never forget that time their couldn’t-be-more-wonderful grandad captured a fairy on camera and made the effort to make his world — if just for a moment — feel like magic.

“Just look for things that are unusual,” Steve smiles. “You never know where something like this is going to pop up and be a bit of fun.”