Saturday, October 27, 2007

'Haunted' swing keeps rocking

AN out-of-control playground swing has spooked families and police in Argentina.
The swing rocks back and forwards without being touched - and anxious parents have decided the playground must be haunted.

Watch the YouTube video of the swing below:




In an attempt to explain the swing's mysterious movement, police called in physics professors. But even they have been unable to explain the why the swing keeps moving.

Residents claim the middle swing in a playground in the north-eastern town of Firmat can keep moving continuously for ten days before suddenly coming to a halt.

Teacher Maria de Silva Agustina said one child had nicknamed the area the "Blair Witch Playground".

"We believe it is haunted," she said.

What do you think? Leave us a comment...

1 comment:

Ruthie Phillips said...

James, I could "see" a young boy in short trousers (a bit old fashioned) swinging back and forth as though he didn't want anyone else to get his swing.

I feel as though he was young when he passed over and perhaps didn't always get a chance to swing, because the bigger children always got in first. He now swings as long as he pleases and in fact I feel as though he is waiting there in the playground for someone (I think his mother) to come and get him.

He likes to play there - but I feel he had quite a tragic and sudden end due to an accident of some sort. He is aabout 6-7 years old with dark hair.

His grandmother would go to the playground, after he passed, to think about him.