There is no Sunnydale, California, but there is a Sunnyvale, which is in Silicon Valley, near San Jose. Supernatural occurrences are said to surround the town, including a ghost that apparently haunts the local Toys ‘R’ Us. According to Snopes.com, the toy shop is haunted by a man named Johnson, who moves objects but has never hurt anyone. According to a 1993 newspaper quoted on Snopes, “The toy store has been featured on television’s That’s Incredible and other shows. A Hollywood script writer for the movie Toys spent two nights inside doing research. Psychic Sylvia Browne held a seance there in 1978 and has been back a dozen times.”
The haunted Toys ‘R’ Us has not adversely affected the town, as it was ranked as the 18th safest city in the US, according to the Morgan Quitno Awards.
Sunnyvale is the birthplace of both Teri Hatcher and Brian Boitano, who was referenced by Buffy in Helpless (”Brian Boitano doing Carmen is a life changer”).
August 26th, 2005 at 4:17 am
and i live about half an hour away. sunnyvale is also full of crackheads. fun, no?