Case file · High strangeness
Guyra ghost
From April 1921 the Bowen family home in Guyra, New South Wales, was bombarded by stones and knocking that continued even under police and volunteer guard. It became a national sensation.
1921 CE · -30.22, 151.67 · status: disputed
The account
A friend of Arthur Conan Doyle, then touring Australia, came to investigate, and a silent film, The Guyra Ghost Mystery, was made the same year. Minnie Bowen, a daughter of the house, later confessed to throwing some stones.
The sceptical view
Investigators suspected practical jokers, and Minnie's partial confession covers some incidents; the full sequence was never explained.