Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters

My name is Ellie, and I had a really strange experience a couple of years ago.

It was during the summer holidays, and I lived in a big house on a small estate. My best friend at the time Becky had come over for a sleepover, and she brought her Ouija Board with her.

We asked if there was any spirits in the room, and we got “yes”. Becky asked for a name, and we got “Jacob”. I then asked politely if we could ask more personal questions, and ‘Jacob’ replied “no”. Becky smiled at me, and ignored his ‘no’ answer, and asked him how he’d died. He didn’t reply, so she asked again. Again, no answer. I told her to be careful as Becky’s sister Louise had told us her stories and experiences with these boards.

So I asked ‘Jacob’ if he was angry with us, and he replies “yes”. I apologized, and so did Becky, and then she asked if he could forgive us. ‘Jacob’ replied “no”. Becky and I looked at each other, I know she felt the same as I did, bloody scared! ‘Jacob’ then started hovering over the letters that spelled out mine and Becky’s names. Becky looked at me anxiously. Neither of us had called each other by our names, so how did this ‘Jacob’ know our names? I asked, do you know us? He replies “yes”. I looked at Becky, sweat formed across her brow. We didn’t ask anything after that, and I went to get some drinks for us. I came back into the living room where we had been doing it, it was dark now, and my parents still weren’t back, so I texted my mum, but it wouldn’t send. So I gave up. Becky was sitting there with her head on the table, sobbing. I asked her what was wrong, and she lifted her head off of the table and looked at me. She had a bloody nose. I stared in shock, and she started sobbing again. I figured this probably had something to do with ‘Jacob’, but I didn’t want to ask, she seemed to upset.

So I took her hand, and we closed it together, and put the board in a carrier bag. We took it to the garden, and placed it on the little camp-fire we had planned to burn earlier but didn’t. I grabbed my lighter, yes I smoke, so I had it handy, and we set it alight. It didn’t burn the whole thing, and we couldn’t be bothered to stand around, because it was freezing. We went back into the house and it was freezing too, even though the heating was on. I looked at Becky, and she looked at me. We hadn’t asked the spirit to leave. Big problem. Our sleepover consisted of hugging each other on the end of the staircase. All we could hear was noises from the attic and kitchen. Even though the attic was empty due to the fact we were moving house in a few weeks, there was dragging type noises and footsteps coming from up there, and the television volume in the kitchen kept decreasing and increasing every now and then.

It kept happening until I moved house, and the weeks leading up to the move were sleepless. It got me paranoid. Then I started secondary school, and during the lessons there would just be this gray mist in front of my eyes half the time, and I felt as if I was living in some sort of dream, as if I wasn’t there. Then I met this amazing girl called Beth, and she prayed for me. Beth is a Jehovah’s witness, and she blessed me and prayed for me, and it  hasn’t happened since. I know now that using an Ouija Board is not a bright idea, especially if you don’t know what you’re doing. I’ve heard many stories, and this is not my first paranormal experience.

Thank you for reading. This isn’t made up, I would not gain anything by making it up.

Sent in by Elliey, Copyright 2010 TrueGhostTales.com