The Ouija Board

[indiana england]

My friend, Cody, and I were home late one night. We had decided that the evening was boring enough, so we decided to risk our irrelevant time and try our hand at talking to the dead.
So, we made a ouija board out of cardboard and used one of my shotglasses for the "eye".
It took us a couple of minutes to get a contact, but we did. Some twelve year old that had been beaten by his mother, and raped and killed by his father. We actually had a pretty cool conversation. It wasn't anything to hard. There were no predictions like you see in cheap Sci - Fi movies. It was just this twelve year old hanging and talking with us, you know?
He was in the middle of spelling a word when the shotglass stopped dead.
We asked what happened. No response. We asked if he was still there. He said "Yes. Dad n rom." (Dad In Room) and that was all. We never heard from him again.
Cody and I decided to get rid of the board and shot glass.
Cody burned the board and I threw the glass in a nearby field. He spent the night at my house, that night.
When we awoke, Cody screamed when he found the board on his chest and I found the shot glass on my bed side dresser.
I CAN'T GET RID OF IT!
I would go to my school and open my locker, and there it is.
I would go home... and there it is, on my bedside dresser.
I moved recently... from Edinburg Texas to Houston Texas. I mad sure that I specifically left the shot glass in Edinburg.
The shot glass is sitting in front of me as we speak.

Please tell me this has happened to one of you before.

[anti fishstick]

uh... are you serious? that's hard to believe.. but pretty freaky if it's real. i'm kind of afraid of ouija boards cos i've had an experience myself with a DIY ouija. i just made cards w/ letters of the alphabet on them and 'yes' and 'no' and turned a plastic glass upside down to 'talk'. i kept doing this almost every day after school. i was 8. i became obsessed with it. it really did seem to work. my spirit was 'pam'. then i think i just went crazy. talking to my hands and calling it the devil. getting nightmares and waking up in cold sweats. seeing hallucinations of the virgin mary... hehe. my parents took me to a *hospital* and then a church. i'm not exactly sure what happened to me.. sounds kinda like a schizophrenic episode but it only lasted a couple months. maybe it was nothing. maybe it was all hyped up from my parents. who knows but nothing strange like that has bothered me since.

[Johnny Rotten]

First thing, when dealing with a ouija board, is to say a prayer of protection to whatever god you believe in. Even if you don't believe, the invocation helps.

Second thing, when you are done with the ouija board, you say goodbye to the spirit and repeat the invocation.

Those are the basics. The least unsafe way to it involves creating a physical ring of protection using things like candles and whatnot, which is usually beyond the average person's suspension of disbelief. The "Oh, come one, this is silly" moment.

Ouija boards are not to be taken lightly.

Do some research:
http://ghosts.org/ouija.html

[fuzzix]

My friend and I tried an ouja board once, before we sat down we both promised eachother that we wouldn't pull any stunts, but also that we would be open minded, and believe that it was possible to make some sort contact. We were both deathly honest with eachother, and we tried it, following every technique we could get our hands on. Guess what? nothing happened. So, my opinion is that ouja boards hold absolutely no credibility whatsoever.

[indiana england]

ah... of COURSE not...
in order for one to work.. you gotta BELIEVE, man.

[sipsake]

Originally posted by indiana england
ah... of COURSE not...
in order for one to work.. you gotta BELIEVE, man.

Maybe if your story was just a little more credible. I mean, come on...it reads like a summer camp ghost story.

...and then, when he woke up, THE OUIJA BOARD WAS ON HIS CHEST!!!

[ssander9]

Don't wish to rehash my experiences with the board, but I can tell you if you give a willing spirit a chance, he will communicate with you. THE OUIJA BOARD is an easy way of this type of communication. It doesn't garrantee a contact, first you have to have a willing spirit.
Perhaps fuzzix and friend need to try it again somewhere else, like a known "scary" place.

[rev_skarekroe]

Originally posted by Johnny Rotten


Do some research:
http://ghosts.org/ouija.html

Research is always the best advice for this sort of thing. I recommend continuing your research here:
http://skepdic.com/ideomotor.html

sk

[indiana england]

Originally posted by sipsake
Maybe if your story was just a little more credible. I mean, come on...it reads like a summer camp ghost story.

...and then, when he woke up, THE OUIJA BOARD WAS ON HIS CHEST!!!

That's because I'm a writer by trade and tend to make real life interesting enough to keep you moving through the story.
I can make doing your homework read excitably.

[mastboy4]

ive never had a ouija boar experience but i find what ur saying pretty hard to believe...

[indiana england]

fine. no prob.

[Grimlok]

Ouija Boards are all sorts of real man... and they are not to be funked with...

not to be funked with.

[Johnny Rotten]

Originally posted by rev_skarekroe
Research is always the best advice for this sort of thing. I recommend continuing your research here:
http://skepdic.com/ideomotor.html

sk

There's certainly an ideomotor complication. If I were to use one at all, I'd rather be blindfolded without knowing the orientation of the board, and have someone else write down what was spelled out, if anything. I think Facilitated Communication is a crock of shit.

However, there is much, much more to Ouija boards than moving around a planchette--unexplainable, frightening and bizarre events both during and after the experience that the user, by all accounts, has no covert control over. Poltergeist effects, nightmares, malevolent presences--as though using the Ouija board (improperly) almost always results in opening a door to a place that anything can walk through. Focusing solely on an ideomotor leaves the most unusual elements out. You may roll your eyes, but these are more than campfire tales or urban legend.

[Devilinmypants]

I had an experience with a ouija board, i tried to summon the devil for real man. I asked what number i was thinking of, it was seven it was always seven. The ouija board said 8, either it doesnt work or the devil cant read minds.

But then the next day the ouija board was on my chest, you gotta believe me, i'm not full of it.

[asudevil83]

honestly...i dont think i could ever use a ouija board. i've read the stories, and some of them are quite disturbing. i couldnt handle the consequences that might come from using one.

communicating with the supernatural just freaks me out, and only people with the proper knowledge and experience should use them. anyone who uses them "for fun" i say good luck, you will need it.

[GakFace]

they aren't fake.. the picture in this thread? that was one made by the parker brothers I believe.. but that is NOT their origins... a friend of mine had an older one.. none parker brothers.... his sister messed with one... ALONE.. and she was with a psychologist for months afterwords. Now sure that sounds kinda like a chain letter response, but this is from a friend I've shared more paranormal experiences with than I can count on my two hands, to the point where I trust him completely.

Now the reason two people are required isn't so your friend can trick you by moving it himself... no, its because if its one person and you get an evil spirit.... well... think about that for a second, do you REALLY want a demon appearing and you being all alone? I think not, the second person is for both of yours protection.

I never got it to work, but the night when my sister and cousin used it, he only wanted to speak with people of a certain age... I didn't fit. We spoke to Zamps.. supposedly the devil, I suspect it to merely be a demon wishing he were of higher power. He had about 17 women he called his wenches... at which point we spoke with one of them, who really regretted all she did, but by now it had been too late. we spoke with her and zamps for a bit, and then somehow we were talking to a little girl who was murdered around the age of 12.... and then Zamps took control once more. Some freaky stuff was said. Later on, we spoke to a man known as WolfGang... oddly enough I'm related to him, as is my cousin.... supposedly that "breaks" the rules of the "game".. but its not really a game.

I'm still a little skeptical about them myself tho. I've heard a lot of things to steer me away from them... but I've never actually had the chance to test it myself. It'd be interesting to try out sometime, but seeing all I have done with my life (with the supernatural).. messing with one of those boards might get unwanted attention.
Basically put, I've had run-ins with Satan, believe me or not, I'm not here to give you lies. And messing with those boards, as i just stated, might give him a chances to fuck with my mind....

[Psivage]

I hear to have a good ouija board is to make it yourslef. Something like your personality shape the board. And I think there is a certain type of wood to use.

[GoldenOuroboros]

Some of yous... I dunno.. lol..
Especially some calling up the devil himself... :rollseyes:

I've never had an ouija board experience.. but I know enough and have had other experiences that have me stay away..

[anti fishstick]

run-ins with satan? elaborate.

[h2ogo69]

the only thing to ever happen tome with ouija was a flickering lgiht

[LaZy]

heh, i believe ya. ouija boards are not to be messed with. ever since my (dearly departed) step dad told me about his experience with a ouija board i won't go near one.

[indiana england]

why the hell should I delete this post? I like it. It proves that there IS controversy out there.

[BentNotTwisted]

Originally posted by indiana england
why the hell should I delete this post? I like it. It proves that there IS controversy out there.

Gak didn't say delete this thread, he said "delete this post", i.e. his single comment.

I've only had two memorable experiences with a Ouija board. The first one, nothing happened. Except maybe my buddie's hand went numb from holdling his hands on the planchett too long. The second time was with a group of guys and women. At one point as the planchett was moving around I lifted my hand and my side of the planchett moved up meaning the girl I was doing it with was pushing it around. That's about it, no supernatural experiences. No demons or evil spirits. I guess they just don't like me or something.

[GakFace]

sure she could push it up... but how could she PUSH it down? She'd have to pull... and usually they aren't too easy to "invisibly" pull down.

Yeah Indiana.. Why would i say to delete the THREAD, when I myself have posted experiences in here? I merely posted something, disliked what I had, and didn't agree with it, and thus asked for a mod to delete it.

[Easytiger]

indiana, the problem is that you didn't dismiss the spirit at the end of the session. You have to tell them to go back or you run the risk of...well, you know what's happening.
My advice (as a long-time practicing witch) is to start another session, ask the "kid" to join you, and tell him that he can go now. After you've done that, stamp on the ground three times, say "It is done" and say a prayer to whoever you happen to believe in, or the God and Goddess if you don't (they won't mind).

After that? Sleep with a sprig of rosemary in your pillowcase. It smells nice and is very effective at keeping spirits away.

[Aaron0000]

Man, I dont know if those things work or not. But I will never try one.

[R-Dubb604]

ive used a ouija board before when i was younger, after reading some of the stories out there, i want to get this ouija board out of my house. Shits evil man, not to be taken lightly.

[brinkn1]

I've only messed with a Ouija board twice, but both times have left me more than a little freaked out. The first time I tried it, I was with my sister and we asked the first spirit we contacted if it knew who had killed my grandfather (he was shot in a bar he owned before we were born). It said that it did know. When we asked who did it, the spirit said "I did" and then proceeded to spell out the word 'whores' repeatedly. We immediately started singing "Jesus Loves Me" (our escape plan), and the spirit said goodbye. We destroyed the board afterward.

My second experience was VERY strange. I was on vacation in Nevada with my family to see some family friends. They happen to live in one of the oldest houses in Nevada (it was built in the 1800s). My parents sent all of us kids to sleep in the mother-in-laws quarters on the property. We made a Ouija board and tried contacting spirits but were only getting gibberish. We destroyed the board when we were done, but we never 'officially' closed the session by praying - we just forgot. So we went to bed, all in the same room. I was laying in my bed, which was situated in an alcove, lying with my eyes open. I rolled over and faced the wall and noticed a glow on the wall. It was shaped like a crescent. At first I thought it was light leaking in through a window, but I couldn't figure out how it would have gotten where it was on the wall since my bed was situated in an alcove. I placed my hand in front of it to see if I could shadow the light with my hand, but no matter what angle I held my hand, the glow didn't go away. I told my sister what I was seeing and she immediately said we all had to get the hell out of there right away. We all ran back to the main house, and felt much safer with our parents around. Turns out my sister had seen the exact same thing I was seeing on the wall next to HER bed and when I told her what I'd seen it was enough for her to decide to get the f##k out.

Nothing too life-threatening or profound, but it is enough weirdness for me to believe that Ouija boards are real and that they are NOT to be taken lightly.

[BentNotTwisted]

Originally posted by GakFace
sure she could push it up... but how could she PUSH it down? She'd have to pull... and usually they aren't too easy to "invisibly" pull down.

Since the girl was pushing down on her side of the planchette and her fingers were on the outer edge, the feet of the planchett formed a fulcrum which caused my side to move upward. I hope this explains it better. It really pissed me off that she thought she was fooling me. I never trusted the biatch after that.

[Munku]

Ouija Boards are a crock of shit. Seriously.

[Semi-Normal]

I tried using one when I was a kid, not knowing about any of what people say is the proper way to use them (praying etc... I'm an atheist anyway though heh), and nothing happened at all.

On the other hand, my mother told me about a time she, my father and a group of their friends used one. They asked what horse was going to win the first race at the races they were going to the next day, and then asked which horse was going to win the next one. The first horse had a normal name (as far as horse names go) but the second one was apparently called "Dark Knowledge". At the races the next day they laughed it all off and only put a little money on the first horse, as the odds were strongly against it. It won however, so they put a lot more on the horse called Dark Knowledge in the following race. It fell over during the race and they lost their money.

I'm not sure what to make of the story, but my mother is a very down-to-earth person not given to making stuff like that up, and swears it's a true story. My father is a complete skeptic, and when I asked him about it he looked uncomfortable and muttered something about "nonsense".

[jujueye]

Amazing how many people have had real experiences with them. In spite of my sometimes silly comments here, I mean no harm. In the case of this subject, I, too, have had odd experiences. It was with a Parker Brothers version very much like the one in the pciture. For fun, my sister and I tried some contact. We connected with some relative on my mothers side. My mom was rather pale when we named granny whatshername. As we were both under 12, it would have been impossible for us to know or remember her. We had some other freaky times with it, but pretty much put it away after that. Too powerful for mainstream american use.

[EeOh1]

I'm curious, how do you speak with them? A couple of stories involve a lot of "dialogue", doesn't it take a long time to go from letter to letter?

[motdakasha]

someone gave me a parker brothers ouija board for christmas once a long time ago. i didn't know what the hell it was for for like 2 years after i got it. when i finally found out, i tried to use it with a neighbor, i couldn't trust him enough if he was pushing, so we didn't get very far (and no we didn't say goodbye).

the next time i tried to use it was alone. i figured i didn't know anyone i could trust enough to not push it around, so my next best bet was alone because i can at least trust myself, right? when i put my hands on the pointer i immediately felt like everything from my elbow to my finger tips was tingling and being pulled. i hadn't even asked a question or said anything and the pointer was moving rather rapidly across the board. i mean really fast. so much so that i freaked out, tossed the board upside down and went outside for a breather. **edit: if what i was feeling meant it was working, then my reasoning was that i didn't want it to work. that's why i split. (joke)i can't handle the truth!(/joke)

so basically, i have this ouija board in my basement. i'm mostly too freaked to use it again, but i'm also way too freaked to attempt getting rid of it. i guess i'm just superstitious like that. just watch, when i die they'll try to get rid of it. years later, when they exhume my body, they'll find a ouija board on my chest! well okay, except that i'm not gonna be buried when i die.

[meff]

Sounds creepy. My sister had one when I was little though I never used it. I'd like to hear more stories where it actually 'worked' though. And maybe some proof

[jeenyus_one]

ouiga board is ALL BULLSHIT. How it works is you and yoru friend or whatever want to beleive that contatcting spirits w/e is possible so you... wtf is the word again.... subliminally move the fingers to the words that you want to appear such as " I am here" etc...

[Baldrick]

While I'm a true believer in the paranormal and supernatural, I find it hard to believe that Ouija boards are anything more than capitalism at it's finest.

I put Ouija boards right up there with the hula hoop, frisbee, and Monopoly for true tools of the occult.

[GakFace]

TFPers.. Some of you can get links that would take me hours to find. Can one of you please post links talking about the ORIGINS of the Ouija Boards? To prove that they did NOT start because of capitolist schemes. I know they originated WAY before Parker Brothers thought to make it a "game," I just do not have any links about it.

Jeenyus_one: So then could I potentially do anything I wanted, If i honestly believed I could? And then how do you explain things people NEVER KNEW BEFORE, but that their friend did know?(the friend that wasn't using the boards)

motdakasha: Wow! I've heard similar stories by friends who've done the same. I'm happy to hear you had enough Willpower to throw it down. The reason for two people is NOT so one can trick the other, its simply for protection so that a spirit does not consume you. and you Motdakasha, I believe you understand this precisely.

When my cousins and sisters did it, we never closed it with prayer, but we DID make sure to say good-bye and end the conversation.

[anti fishstick]

this was my mistake when playing with an ouija. too many times of doing it by myself. i became intrigued and obsessed. and it really messed with me.

[GoldenOuroboros]

Did a simple search.. had to follow a few links to get there tho.

http://www.castleofspirits.com/ouijaboards.html

The idea of the Ouija board first came about in 1848 when two sisters in the USA believed they could talk to a spirit and started up a simple form of communicating with it by tapping on a table or the wall, each tap or knock represented a letter of the alphabet.

Not too much later on early type of Ouija boards were developed and it was common for people to participate in regular seances and attempts to contact the spirit world. Although many of these earlier seances were often hosted by fraudulent mediums who were after money and would resort to all sorts of trickery to .

So yeah.. it has abit more.. have a look, I hope this is what you were looking for Gak