I-Dancing Forest iyindawo eyingqayizivele ngempela esifundeni saseKaliningrad, eCuronian Spit National Park. Ukuze bachaze lesi simo semvelo, ososayensi babeka imibono ehlukahlukene: imvelo, izici zofuzo, umthelela wamagciwane noma izinambuzane, amandla akhethekile wendawo yonke.
Amandla alapha akude ngempela nokujwayelekile. Uma uhamba kuleli hlathi, ungazizwa sengathi usemhlabeni wemimoya. Amandla anjalo anamandla atholakala kule ndawo. Abasebenzi bepaki kazwelonke abakholelwa kumvelo yayo engaphezu kwemvelo, babona isizathu emkhakheni we-geomagnetic wendawo. Isenzakalo esifanayo eDenmark - Ihlathi leTroll - nalo litholakala ogwini loLwandle iBaltic. Akekho okwazile ukuchaza uhlobo lwalesi simo. Izihlahla zikaphayini “zeHlathi Elidansayo” zigobe ngendlela engavamile, njengokungathi ziyadansa. Iziqu zezihlahla zisontekile zaba amasongo. Kukhona inkolelo yokuthi uma umuntu enza isifiso futhi edlula ngendandatho, isifiso sizogcwaliseka.
Ngokusho kwenye yezinganekwane, leli hlathi liwumngcele wokuhlangana kwamandla amahle namabi, futhi uma udlula indandatho ngakwesokudla, ukuphila kuzokwandiswa ngonyaka owodwa. Kukhona nenganekwane yokuthi inkosana yasePrussia uBarty yayizingela kulezi zindawo. Esajaha inyamazane wezwa ihubo elimnandi. Iqonda kumsindo, inkosana yabona intombazanyana ishaya ihabhu. Le ntombazane yayingumKristu. Inkosana yambuza isandla nenhliziyo, kodwa yathi izoshada nendoda yokholo lwayo kuphela. UBarty wavuma ukwamukela inkolo yobuKristu, uma nje intombazane ingafakazela amandla kaNkulunkulu wayo, onamandla kunezihlahla ezizungezile. Intombazane yaqala ukudlala umculo, izinyoni zathula, nezihlahla zaqala ukudansa. Inkosana yakhipha isongo esandleni sayo yasinikeza umakoti wayo. Eqinisweni, ingxenye yehlathi yatshalwa ngo-1961. Kusukela ngo-2009, ukufinyelela “Ihlathi Lokudansa” bekuvuliwe, kodwa izihlahla zivikelwe ucingo.