The toy shop at Santa Anita

California · United States · Haunted site

An employee closing up saw a small boy in knickers playing with a toy in one of the aisles, dressed for the early 1930s.

The account comes from the toy shop inside the shopping centre at Arcadia, California, and from staff closing up at night.

An employee saw a small boy in one of the aisles, playing with one of the toys.

The first reaction was the ordinary one. The employee assumed a parent had left without him and went over.

What had already registered, and what makes the account worth recording, was the clothing. He was in knickerbockers, dressed for the early 1930s rather than for any recent decade.

A toy shop is close to self parody as a setting for a child's ghost, and that should count against the account. What counts for it is the detail nobody needed to invent: the specific, dated, slightly awkward clothing that a shop assistant would notice before anything else.

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Where is The toy shop at Santa Anita located?

The toy shop at Santa Anita is in California, United States.