Do toys come to life when you're not looking?

As far as I can gather, for as long as there's been children's toys, there's been children's stories featuring toys that come to life. Pinochio springs to mind, I think that's a very old tale. Then of course since TV was invented there's been Pob, Bagpuss, that Andy Pandy chap, Raggy Dolls, to name but a few.

Of course its all fantasy right? The workings of a vivid imagination aimed at entertaining kids?

If that's the case, then how come, quite regularly on an evening, long after our son has gone to bed and is fast asleep, I will jump out of my skin having heard a sudden unmistakable sound of something moving in his toy box? And how come, if its all fake, then long after we've put his toys away for the night, I'll nearly break my neck having tripped on a toy which is inexplicably right in the middle of the floor?

 

Poltergoose.

 

We get similar things here Clueless, the little ones may have been in bed for several ours and then talking Big Chris (from Roary the Racing Car) pipes up saying he wants his donuts dunking!!!....I tell you it don't have make you jump out of your skin

Other toys have had minds of their own too at times and come to life long after they've been put in the toy box for the night???

 

Don't let the Cluelet see this thread before bedtime, or let him watch this thread.

http://gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/threads/the-signalman.37951/

 

I remember that thread for a while ago. I must have another look.

 

I can see you

 

Not if you are alone in the house, you'll have to keep the Metal Halides on all night & that would upset the bean plant.

 

True story, years ago, I was once alone at home watching some back to back horror movies on warm summer night. As it was warm, several windows were open.

At one point in one of the movies, the scene featured a load of cats and vampires. I realised that all of our dogs had suddenly become quite agitated. They were pacing about and doing that quiet squeally howl that dogs sometimes do when they're not happy about something. I figured the strange sounds from the telly had set them off so I just carried on watching the film. A few more minutes passed and several scene changes happened so that the sounds from the box were no longer what I would expect to set a dog off, yet still they were not at ease, so I muted the telly. I opened the living room door and the dogs went running into the back room, where the window was open, clearly scared but on a war path. Realising it was night time, in the middle of a dodgy council estate, with ground floor windows open, the first thought that sprung to mind was that they'd heard an intruder. As I was quite handy as a youth, and enjoyed kung fu classes, I went charging in trying to get ahead of the dogs. There was no way I was leaving the dogs to fight any battles. Arms up in a fighting stance, poised to launch a flying kick as the need arose, I couldn't believe my eyes. There were two large windows in that room, both open, and both window ledges packed with cats.

 

some toys nowadays are voice activated (even if you don't know it). Or programmed to come up with unexpected sounds before they switch themselves off.
Also, inside the toybox it can happen that they switch themselves on because they are rubbing one against the other. In that case if the batteries are low you can hear some weird sounds.

As far as toys on the loose, it is a very popular occurrence also here...

 

Rumour has it that married ladies come to life when the menfolk go off to work.
The Milkman used to have a smile on his face - or so I'm told!

 

Ooh err, there's turning each other on by rubbing against each other and then making strange sounds? No wonder the lad seems to have so many toys. I do sometimes wonder where they all come from.

 

iM A BiG bOy nOw and my Toys spring to life as soon as i put the Peddle to the Metal

leaving to Big Black Rubber Marks off the Trafic Lights Skid Marks Actully Honest thats wot the Police Called them last Time they Caught Me

Bless His Soul He Said I Was 40 Wonce upon a Time You Know

My Mom God Rest Her Soul Used to Say Arnt you Ever Going to Grow up!!!!!!

I Hope Not Mom Ma

 

Exactly. I grew up once. I found it a bit boring, so gave it up