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More than thirty police officers attempted to untangle the strange web of events that took place in the Fall of 1960 in Lynwood. It concerned a car lot owned by a Mr Claude Mock. He'd employed Anthony Angelo--not realizing just what amount of problems were around the corner.
At first it seemed to be mindless vandalism. Nuts, bolts, sticks, stones and rocks flying across the air and crashing onto the vehicles and the building where both men worked. Then, the attacks continued at alarming frequency; the abnormal trajectory of the items thrown was noted, as was the fact that the missiles had begun to appear at exactly the same time Angelo was hired. Of course, the police put two and two together and somehow made five--they prosecuted Angelo, because they had, allegedly, on one incident seen Anthony holding an object and throwing it at a car.
Strangely, while Angelo was in custody the attacks continued, and when police were asked once again if they'd seen him causing any damage, they answered a resounding "no"! It was a bizarre case indeed, because Angelo was then charged with obstructing the police and the matter was to be taken to court.
No one had seen anyone throw any rocks, but a local paranormal researcher named Mr Bayliss theorized that a poltergeist was to blame. Surprisingly, the judge was quite open to the evidence regarding such supernatural activity, and the poltergeist was spoken of on several occasions in the case.
"Due to the strange nature of the case, there must have been a supernatural cause, a cosmic disturbance, responsible", stated the judge.
Angelo was found not guilty of all charges, this proving to be one very unique case where indeed the 'supernatural' was blamed for throwing items to cause damage.
Photo by piccadillywilson via Flickr
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Without more details, there could be any number of reasons for the vandalism. Going by this article alone, it seems more likely the judge wanted the case over and done with, or else was just very gullible. It's one thing to say "We don't know what happened, but this gentleman cannot be proven guilty". It's another to say "We don't know what happened, so it must be supernatural".