At 3 a.m. the couple were awakened by the sound of a strange racket which was coming from Gary's bedroom. The foster-parents jumped out of bed and barged into Gary's room, and were shocked at the bizarre sight which greeted them. The drum was beating all by itself, and all the little tin soldiers were hopping along the floor in a single file to the drumbeat. A sleepy-eyed Gary was sitting up in his bed, giggling and clapping his hands as he surveyed the eerie spectacle. The couple - who were very religious - took the poltergeist-like phenomenon as a manifestation of the Devil and promptly decided they didn't want to adopt the child. During the journey to the social services department, strange knocking sounds were heard on the side window's of the couple's car. Once again, Gary spent his Christmas without a mum and dad, because he probably possessed the psychic gift of telekinesis: the ability to move objects by the power of the mind. The 'problem child's' fate is unknown.