y separately published work icon The Mystery of the Mayanup Poltergeist single work   non-fiction   life story  
Issue Details: First known date: 2000... 2000 The Mystery of the Mayanup Poltergeist
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'Falling stones and other objects showing scant regard for the laws of physics, rained down on an Aboriginal camp in the southwest of Western Australia between 1955 and 1957.'

'When Helen Hack settled on this property in the 1980s, tales of bizarre poltergeist activity were the last thing she expected to hear. Over the years as she helped her husband on the farm, raising three children and running a physiotherapy practice she became increasingly intrigued with what the Aboriginals called the Jannick.'

'In the late 1990s Helen decided to research the remarkable activity that had occurred forty years earlier. Her journey led her to interview many witnesses, some of whom reported strange lights in conjunction with the phenomena of the falling stones.'

The Mystery of the Mayanup Poltergeist includes recollections, diary extracts and media reports published at the time. Some questions are unanswerable and the Jannick remains a compelling mystery for believers and sceptics alike.(Source:Bookworm website)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Carlisle, Victoria Park area, South & South East Perth, Perth, Western Australia,: Hesperian Press , 2000 .
      Extent: xi, 92p.
      Description: illus., maps, and ports.
      ISBN: 0859052680 (pbk), 9780859052689 (pbk)
      Series: y separately published work icon Aboriginal Studies Series Hesperian Press , Carlisle : Hesperian Press , 1980- 9949601 1980 series - publisher biography

      These books have either total Aboriginal content, substantial Aboriginal content, or contain Aboriginal material of interest. (Hesperian Press website)

      Number in series: 18
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