Cardiff Poltergeist — Coins Rain From Ceiling in Welsh Family Home

In 1989 in Cardiff, Wales, a family began experiencing a poltergeist focused on coins—which rained from the ceiling and were found in locked rooms, fell on sleeping family members, and appeared in impossible locations throughout the house. The coins were warm to the touch when discovered, despite no heat source. Parapsychologist David Fontana of Cardiff University investigated and documented the phenomena over an extended period. He witnessed coins appearing from the air, marbles being thrown, and objects moving without physical explanation. The phenomena were eventually joined by moving furniture and unexplained sounds. Fontana was particularly struck by what he described as an interactive element to the poltergeist—when he threw a marble against a wall, an identical marble was thrown back at him from a direction that suggested a deliberate response. He considered this evidence of some form of consciousness behind the phenomena. The case was published in the Journal of the Society for Psychical Research. Unlike many poltergeist cases, there was no obvious adolescent focus in the household. The Cardiff poltergeist is notable for being investigated by a professional psychologist with academic affiliations, lending it a degree of scientific credibility unusual in the field.