Jiggle, jiggle…
John,
> A few ideas come to mind: waht was the outdoor wind speed when it started to
rock?
Zero, according to my heath weather station.
> Is there a floor above this room?
Yes.
> Do you know how the walls were fastened to the concrete slab?
> (Over time, wood might shrink or bolts might loosen.)
The walls of the room where the trophy is sitting are concrete and are an
integral part of the slab.
> How cold was it outside?
I don't remember. Not too cold, 20-40 degrees. I didn't make a note of that
because I didn't think it was relevant.
> Can you move the trophy to another place, return it, and the effect
continues?
I've not moved it – don't plan to for a while – the position may be critical.
So I dunno.
> Can you rock the trophy by hand at various rates to reproduce the effect?
Yes.
> I've always maintained that people who see ghosts believed in ghosts before
> they ever saw a ghost.
I agree – I was kidding.
> On the other hand, I've witnessed a few events in my life that tested my
beliefs.
> I attribute them to either thermal or vibrational effects. One, I was
sitting in a booth
> at a bar. My beer bottle was in front of me on the table. I put both hands
down on
> the seat and scooted to the right and my beer bottle followed me, moving
about
> six-eight inches down the table. I had witnesses, and we weren't drunk. 🙂
Very intriguing. never saw anything like this, myself.
> Another, an ordinary drinking glass was sitting on the counter in another
room suddenly
> exploded, shattering into tiny 1/2 inch pieces, perhaps an hour after it had
been washed.
That's actually not that uncommon, and I've experienced similar events.
> Another, a bowl of chili jumped about two inches off the table when I set it
down
> and sat in front of it. In this case, it was one of those layered,
Thermos-like bowls,
> so there was plenty of potential for thermal stress and rapid release.
Just too much jalpeno in there, that's all. 🙂
Ben