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Stones materialised out of nowhere to plonk on the rooftop, clatter on the dining room table and appear on the inside of hurricane lamps. The stones were strangely warm to the touch, but they weren't the only objects to be used by the strange force. Old bottles, potatoes, soap, knives, bones and even a child's doll were tossed around inside and outside the home. One stone even landed on POST reporter Hugh's car as he drove up the property¹s driveway one evening. No one could be seen. And those who later arrived for one of several night-long vigils to catch the'pranksters' behind the events swear no human could have been behind the feats. Tom can recall the hundreds of visitors drawn to the family farm 'Keninup', where he still lives with Helen and their three children. "I can remember a boot flying through the air and hitting my father Bill Hack in the backside!," Tom told POST. "I don't remember anyone being that frightened of it at the time, except for the Aboriginals who were quite worried. But the rocks seemed to peter out after a while, and after Gilbert Smith died, his wife Jean moved into town. For a long time she still had objects moving around in that home too." The bizarre phenomena was also documented at the home of the Smith's Aboriginal friends, the Krakouers, at Doug Hack's (Bill's brother) neighbouring property 'Lynford Hill'. Stones rained down on their camp after they visited the Smiths. Stranger still, almost identical phenomena was reported in 1957 at the 'Carabin' property of Alan Donaldson at Pumphrey, about 300 kilometres from Boyup Brook, which also targeted Aboriginal employees. This also eventually stopped of its own accord. Today there is no sign of 'the Jannick' anywhere in WA. The barren site of the Smith's old shack at 'Keninup' sits just 100 metres from Helen and Tom¹s doorway. And inside the couple's study a jar of the Poltergeist's stones sit on the desk - now just ordinary rocks. "They have been examined by scientists and geologists, but they appear to be just normal rocks," Helen says of the mementos. Normal rocks or not, the souvenirs are a reminder that some mysteries will always remain just that. *The Mystery of the Mayanup Poltergeist by Helen Hack is available from Hesperian Press for $16.50 plus postage, P.O. Box 317, Victoria Park, 6979, Western Australia. Ruby Lang retains the sole copyright © 2001 for this article. AUTHOR: Rebecca Lang  TAGS: Life poltergeist mystery BOOKMARK: Digg it | Add to Del.ICIO | Add to FARK ACTIONS: Comment Save Print Register free acount 
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