Mysterious showers of stones materialised out of thin air in front of hundreds of amazed witnesses during the three-year reign of the Mayanup Poltergeist. But more than 45 years after the strange phenomena terrorised an Aboriginal family at Boyup Brook, in West Australia, the mystery remains unsolved. The case attracted worldwide attention for the Aboriginal Smith family and their white employers, the Hacks. Some believed it was a mischievous spirit the Aboriginals called 'the Jannick', others claimed an elaborate hoax - but no one has ever proven what was behind the physics-defying displays.Even the then Australasian POST had a crack at uncovering the puzzle, sending reporter Hugh Schmitt to cover the strange phenomena, but he returned to declare 'this thing is no hoax!'.Now one of the families central to the drama has attempted to record the mystery before it becomes a forgotten chapter in Australia's paranormal history.Helen Hack, whose geologist husband Tom was a six-year-old child at the time, has painstakingly researched family journals and interviewed surviving witnesses for the book."When I first visited the farm to see my then boyfriend Tom Hack, I honestly thought he was just puling my leg or he was completely mad when he told me about the Poltergeist," Helen said.
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