# does this poltergeist story sound familiar? (stuff thrown from the corner of vision) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 11, 2006, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-poltergeist-story-sound-familiar-stuff-thrown-from-the-corner-of-vision/380028 "2006-11-11T18:47:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2006, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-poltergeist-story-sound-familiar-stuff-thrown-from-the-corner-of-vision/380028/1 "2006-11-11T18:47:46Z")
I heard a weird poltergeist story a few years ago that I’ve wanted to read more about, but I forgot most of the details. the main gist was that it was a typical poltergiest situation - a young teen girl whose presence seemed to provoke all sorts of knocking and unexplained physical disturbance in her house - but the weird twist was that everyone involved in the situation, including the people who came to observe and investigate it, reported having things sort of thrown at them from the corner of their field of vision, but never from their direct line of sight. I think it was something small and weird, like pins or paperclips or coins or something like that, and they had no explanation of where they came from. Does this sound familiar to _anyone_? I’m sure I’ve bungled some details, but I’d like to read more about the case. ---
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2006, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-poltergeist-story-sound-familiar-stuff-thrown-from-the-corner-of-vision/380028/2 "2006-11-12T00:50:34Z")
I think I know what you’re talking about. It centered around the teenage girl and there’s actually a photo showing a phone being flung across her lap? I read an article about her not long ago but unfortunately, I can’t remember where I read it. Fortean Times, maybe? I can’t seem to find it now. ---
**Author:** ![kimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f0a364/32.png) [@kimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kimera)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2006, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-poltergeist-story-sound-familiar-stuff-thrown-from-the-corner-of-vision/380028/3 "2006-11-12T07:39:55Z")
I remember that. The case was later found to be a hoax, perpetuated by the teenage girl. I first learned about it from Unsolved Mysteries and then later read about it in a book on poltergeists in general. ---
**Author:** ![kimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f0a364/32.png) [@kimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kimera)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2006, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-poltergeist-story-sound-familiar-stuff-thrown-from-the-corner-of-vision/380028/4 "2006-11-12T07:42:08Z")
Posted too soon. [Tina Resch](http://jamesaconrad.com/Tina/Tina-Resch-Boyer-case.html) ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2006, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-poltergeist-story-sound-familiar-stuff-thrown-from-the-corner-of-vision/380028/5 "2006-11-12T14:07:57Z")
[Here’s a description](http://www.forteantimes.com/articles/190_poltergeist2.shtml) of how she was caught by a TV news crew faking the events; they mention only one event which they didn’t have an easy explanation for. ---
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2006, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-poltergeist-story-sound-familiar-stuff-thrown-from-the-corner-of-vision/380028/6 "2006-11-12T18:28:56Z")
That’s an interesting story, but I’m sure it wasn’t the one that I heard about. Mine was much more subtle, and didn’t attact that much national attention. The thing that was being thrown was very small - paperclips or something lke that - and made a tinkling sound. ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2006, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-poltergeist-story-sound-familiar-stuff-thrown-from-the-corner-of-vision/380028/7 "2006-11-12T22:12:17Z")
[QUOTE=Ferret Herder] [Here’s a description](http://www.forteantimes.com/articles/190_poltergeist2.shtml) of how she was caught by a TV news crew faking the events; they mention only one event which they didn’t have an easy explanation for. [/QUOTE] That article creeped me out; not because of the supposedly supernatural occurances, but because it reminded me of how much I despise James Randi. ---
**Author:** ![Operation\_Ripper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/34f0e0/32.png) [@Operation\_Ripper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Operation_Ripper)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2006, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-poltergeist-story-sound-familiar-stuff-thrown-from-the-corner-of-vision/380028/8 "2006-11-13T00:47:38Z")
There is no such thing as magic, ghosts, unicorns, fairies, etc. Stop it!