I am a pretty skeptical person, but definitely have belief in the afterlife. I have had a few paranormal experiences in my life which have cemented that belief. This is one of them…
My sophomore year in high school I joined drama as a class elective, along with a few friends. It was a very large school (1400 students in my graduating class) and drama was one of the few electives that mixed the grades, so we often had upper and lower classmen in the same drama periods. As a result, my friends and I, being lower-classmen were not all that popular, so we tended to stick together.
One lunch period one of the juniors offered to have my friend and I hang out with them in the drama room. We grabbed our lunch and hurried over to the room, very excited that they wanted to hang out with us.
When we got there the entire group was hanging out behind the stage area of the room. One of the kids had an Ouija board and asked if we wanted to play it. I was leery, but curiosity got the better of me and I agreed. We all began asking questions and almost instantly got a response. It was some time ago, so I don’t recall all of the details of the “ghosts” that talked with us, but I remember the first spirit was a young girl, who passed on as a teenager.
Excited by the whole prospect of a ghost talking with us, individuals would ask questions that nobody else would know in order to see if there was any way that the others could be pushing the planchette. Once we felt that the communication was authentic we began asking questions about the death of the girl and afterlife in general. The young girl, whose name escapes me, began telling us about her life when all of a sudden she would spell out the word “go.” She did this a couple of times and then would simply run the planchette off the board toward the “no” sign.
Instead of heeding any warning, we all became more excited and continued to ask if there was anyone else who would like to communicate with us. Immediately there was an answer. This energy was decidedly stronger than the other and was very precise and quick with the answers. While the other communication we were getting previously would swirl around letters and misspell things often, this spirit energy would go right to a letter and stay on it, then move very quickly to another letter. We actually had to have one girl start writing things down so that we could keep up with it.
We spent day after day in the drama room during lunch hour playing with the board and would ask tons of questions. The communication seemed very comfortable and we always reached the same male spirit (the name was something like James, if I recall correctly). Every day we would leave the drama room elated. My girlfriend began taking it home with her shortly after the first few communications.
Well, the board started working sporadically for a couple of days and we all started to become a little disinterested. Also, my girlfriend had begun acting very out of character. She was typically very shy and wouldn’t talk to anyone she didn’t already know well or trust. She would usually sit on the outskirts of a group and not respond unless she felt completely comfortable. She became completely extroverted in the matter of a couple of days. She began dressing differently, flirting with the guys in our classes (completely out of character), and just acting very open-minded and free-spirited. I really didn’t think anything other than “good for her” for finally coming out of her shell.
About three weeks passed since we had been using the board and my girlfriend confided that she had been using the Ouija board by herself after school and talking to the same spirit we encountered daily. I didn’t think anything was wrong with this, as this was the first time I had heard anything about a Ouija board, let alone actually encountered one. What really freaked me out about the whole thing was that as I had mentioned earlier, the board was acting sporadically lately; however, when she would leave the area for a brief period of time the planchette would follow the direction she was going. For instance, if she said she was going to the restroom and walked to the left, the planchette would follow the direction she was walking until it fell off the board.
The final straw for me and the last time that I used the board, we encountered the first spirit that we initially spoke to. Every time we would ask a question, it would spell out “no” or “EVIL” and follow the direction of my aforementioned friend. It really freaked me out and I stopped hanging out with that group at lunch. My girlfriend and I eventually lost touch, but she became quite known for her bizarre transformation. Some people even said that she started acting like an old Hollywood starlet and that her personality had gone way off the deep end. As for the board, I have no idea what happened to it, but I can tell you that I will never touch one again.
I know it might sound crazy and there might be some scientific explanation, but I have yet to figure one out after about 20 yrs.
Written by Jenn, Copyright 2009 TrueGhostTales.com
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WOW
I BELIEVE A SPIRIT IS IN HER.
DID THIS HAPPEN 20 YEARS AGO?
DO YOU KNOW WHERE SHE IS NOW?
ARE YOU DRAWN TO FIND OUT WHAT IS HAPPENING TO HER NOW?
WERE YOU TWO VERY CLOSE FRIENDS AT FIRST?
SO AFTER SHE CHANGED HER CHARACTER YOU DID NOT TALK TO HER ANYMORE?
Honestly, I know it sounds silly, but I completely believe something influenced her in a negative way. She became a totally different person and really self-destructive after a while. It was weird.
It did happen 20 years ago and I havent talked to her since about the end of that year. I would still see her around campus quite often, but I avoided her…she became too much for me and I really didnt want to be around her much, after the incident. I would like to know what happened to her and see if she is doing well or if her life just spiralled, like I assumed, considering the changes she underwent.
We were really close, that was what was so weird about it. She and I would share everything and all of a sudden she was a completely different person. Literally overnight. Some may chalk it up to the normal change adolescents go through, but she was over the top. It’s really hard to explain, but even her laugh changed. For instance, prior to the incident she had this distinctive laugh that was really contageous. Afterward, her laugh became very superficial and over-dramatic…kind of like an old-time Hollywood starlette would “put on” for a group of reporters or fans…the funny thing was, it would only be her and I talking and she would do this type of stuff, so it wasnt like she was acting up because there was an audience of onlookers or anything.
I believe you are telling the truth but..
Here is some skeptic questions for you
1) did she get involved in this new group?
2) did she get confidence from a new boy?
3) is it possible she began to party more?
I know this is the past but for anyone else reading, make sure to rule out every angle. Because of my belief in the supernatural I used to be that guy that would always accept things. Now I try to disprove it first. Like TAPS on ghost hunters, if you go in to disprove everything, when you are left with evidence it makes it even more powerful and convincing.
The analytical side of me would love to talk to this girl now. I am still iffy on the ouija board but it can become very addicting. Any addiction can overcome you. Whethe rit’s drugs, porn, or even soda but for an addiction to be affective it has to give you something. So the question is, what was the board giving her alone.
very cool story i agree with Jonathan it turns into a addiction.
wow, that’s really creepy. pretty sure that board was the reason of influence b/c you’re right, people do not change completely overnight in such a drastic way as she did. i wonder how she’s doing….
cool story!
Jonathan,
I too am a skeptic, so I welcome your questions…no worries.
She did start hanging out with other kids, namely because our friends were really freaked out by her and kind of stopped hanging out with her after the personality flip.
As far as boys, there were none to speak of. That was one of the weird parts about it. She wasnt really a good looking girl. She was taller than most of the boys our age. She was very pale, reddish hair, very flacid kind of body-type, but had started walking around like she was a total goddess. By all means, I think confidence is an attractive quality in anybody, so initially I was really happy for her new found confidence in herself, but it really was over the top. Most people found it more off-putting and insincere, rather than attractive, from what I understood.
Also, as far as partying, there was none. Her parents were older than most of ours and didnt allow it. She actually had a pretty strict curfew. There was no drug use or alcohol use with any of our friends within the group. As far as her groups of friends, after her change, I am unsure.
I would love to talk to her too and see how she is or what has happened in her life. More from curiosity than a genuine interest in reconnecting (sorry, but it’s true). I think you may be right about the addictive nature of any substance/recreational activity. Perhaps what she was projecting on to the board during her solo use was things that she wanted or needed to hear. Maybe that is what caused the transformation. Either way, the change was overnight, drastic, and completely out of character.
I do think that a Ouiji board is nothing more than a piece of cardboard/wood and plastic. There is nothing mystical or scary about them; however, I think that people can project or invite things through their perception of things. In other words, if you think a Ouiji board can contact the dead, you are inviting it to do so…therein lies its power.
All I know is since this incident I am much more careful with what I dabble in or play with. On one hand, it may be a bunch of superstition, but I’d rather err on the side of caution when it comes to things I don’t understand.
I think she needed your help because she was possed and you were her best-friend. you should of help her to talked to her parents of what was going on. I believe she needed you to intervene because she couldn’t help herself and she needed help. Do you thru the time dream of her? Do you ever see her look at you from afar all of a sudden?
well that is kind of an upsetting story because your relationship of friends with her ended, but i have always wanted to try a thing like this. it seems like it would kinda cool, but the bad thing about it is that the ones you love and care for even if their friends, family, and ect. that relationship falls apart.
I have another question. when you first tried it did you think anything of it? Did you think that anything like thi would have happend? Are these real or are they a myth?
Child like,
You may be right. There is perhaps more that I should have done for her, as a friend. It was hard to see past my own needs at the age of fifteen. Looking back, I wish maybe I had.
I don’t ever dream about her, but I do think about her from time to time.
Jenn, this is part of what you wrote in your original story….
” however, when she would leave the area for a brief period of time the planchette would follow the direction she was going. For instance, if she said she was going to the restroom and walked to the left, the planchette would follow the direction she was walking until it fell off the board. ”
AFTER witnessing the plachette do this… in your own words, in your own story, you now comment on this message board…..” I do think that a Ouiji board is nothing more than a piece of cardboard/wood and plastic. There is nothing mystical or scary about them;”
Jenn, if I ever saw a planchette follow a person until it fell of the board, all by it’s self, I would certainly never think or say that there is nothing scary about them, that is a just a piece of cardboard/wood or plastic !!
Tonja, what Jenn basically means is that it only has power if you give it power. Like if you buy one, but you never open it and you leave it sitting in your closet for ever, its harmless. But if you take it out and actually use it, you are surrendering yourself to the thought, to the perception of it actually working, and thats where all the \true power of the boar lies. Remember, you don’t need an actual board, you could use tree bark, wax and sharpie markers on cement…..but it all gives you the same results in the end.
As far as the story, I swear for the first half of the story I thought that I hacd written it, because it sounds eerily familiar to an incident I also went through while I was an underclassman in high school. I think that you don’t give your self enough credit, that maybe you do want to see how her life turned out, mostly because you still care. I think that she was taken over by something, its just really sad that nobody did anything to help, everyone just kind of ignored it. At the same time I get that, its part of being around negative energy, and you guys were just kids, how could you be expected to tell the difference, right? I just hope that other people reading this understand that there are things out there that can really mess with your emotions, even make you feel and think things that are not your thoughts or feelings.
I am sorry that you went through this, but this story was probably one of the best written stories I have ever read on this website, so thanks for that.
First I am sorry to hear about your friend. But you should never use a Ouija bored because a spirit can bond to the bored or in this case a person. Then you are in trouble! If a spirit dose bond to the bored do NOT burn the bored have it cleansed by a priest. If you do decide to use a Ouija bored first make a salt circle around you your friends ( pleas dont use one by your self) and the bored salt is supposed to be boundary witch spirits cant cross. Then all of you need to wear silver. Silver can protect you from a spirit. Do NOT ask questions like when will i die?, how old will i be when i die?, ext this can anger a spirit. I would use a pendulum if i where you. You can ask yes,no questions and the spirit can tell u yes,no or maybe. Remember these are just my opinions and advise. You can chose to take it or leave it it makes no difference to me just know that you have been warned.
hmmm….it doesn’t really sound like a typical possession, it could just be something psychological. you know, someone feeling alienated by her peers or left out, deciding to branch out and try something different,maybe the supposed spirit was benevolent in nature and was giving her advice, it’s not uncommon for a person to have a change in behavior… everyone has a feeling or need to fit in so perhaps she was trying to be like someone else to fit in to a certain group or to find where she belonged, remember this was high school after all. as far as anything else is concerned the earth always has fluctuations in magnetic fields due to its rotation. there’s just so much that can be explained or is otherwise pure coincidence, it might be good idea to contact or catch up with this person.
JENN,
I understand you were only 15 yrs. I am 44 years old now and when I was 15 I had something like it happen to me well to my bestfriend. Only a little different, she picked up a blue old ugly rose from the cemetery when we went to put flowers to my grandmothers grave and she started to change and wouldn’t but the flower back but I knew it was distroying her inside but she did not see it. I pleaded with her to put the flower back but she didn’t then one day i skipped school and went to her house and took it back to the cemetery. I am telling you the short version. I already had posted it in a comment for someone. Any when I took it back she changed back to who she was. Maybe I did it because I am more spiritual and I have an open mind way back when I was young. She still is my bestfriend and even though she moved away she comes down from florida with her family and we still get together. In my heart I am so glad I have the courage and the will to help her. I am not telling you this to make you feel back. I am telling you this that maybe if you would of done something it would of changed back to the way it was. I am sorry your friendship with her fell apart. I am so glad we are still best friends all of these years.
Cora,
To answer your questions, when I tried the board for the first time, I didnt believe in it. I thought that the people who used them were the ones pushing the planchette. However, when we started asking it questions that nobody else would know, not even my close friend, and it got them right, I began to believe that there was something to it…I didnt know what, but it was definitely not normal.
I never thought, in my wildest dreams, that it could affect someone. Assuming that is what happened, I wouldnt chance ever using one again.
I dont think that Ouji boards are a myth, I mean…they exist, right? However, I am not sure if they are paranormal, or portals, or anything else. I dont think there is a way to scientifically prove whether or not they can do the things people say they do. All I know is that after my experience, I will never touch one again.
Tonja,
Let me explain what I mean by my comment about a Ouiji board being nothing more than cardboard and plastic…
I think that certain things hold certain power because people project that power upon those items. For instance, I am Catholic; therefore, a cross holds power and significance for me. I think this works on a societal level, maybe even subconsciously. When we project, as a society, our feelings on something, it allows those expectations to come to fruition.
Although I knew very little about Ouiji boards at the time, I did know/hear that they were used to to summon spirits and could possibly be dangerous. I think by knowing that and continuing to use it, we gave it the “juice” it needed to invite unwelcome things to visit us.
In other words, it wasnt the Ouiji board that held the power, it was just a game board. It was our intentions when we set out to use it. It was also the intentions of the girl who used it on her own. I am glad that I left the group when I did. From what I heard things continued to get weird. I know that I will never use one again, but touching one, for example, wouldnt scare me. It’s not evil, it’s just a tool.
Megan,
I wish I had read your post, prior to posting a response to Tonja. It was exactly what I wanted to say. Thank you.
As for the girl, we all just thought she was changing. By the time people realized there was something weird going on we were too scared to think of doing anything, honestly.
Venkman,
I do agree with you on the personality shift of my friend. My first assumption was that she was just trying on a new personality…like you said, high school, right? It was just the speed of the change and the absolute way she became different that freaked me out. I attempted to talk to her about it and she responded with something like (I am paraphrasing, as it was a long time ago) “I’ve always been like this. What are you talking about?”
I am certainly not drawing any finite conclusions, as to her situation. I just always felt that she was influenced by something and stayed away from her after that. I would like to catch up with her some day and find out what her feelings were on the subject. Perhaps it would enlighten me on the subject, as a whole.
You have not talked to her for 20 years thats too long even though she acted very strange even though she may be possessed even though it could be a good spirit ITS A DUTY OF A CLOSE FRIEND TO HELP SHE IS WIERD ITS NOW TOO LATE BUT NOW YOU CAN TALK TO HER TO KNOW the present situation or to PROBABLY change her. THIS IS ONLY A SUGGESTION i feel a little bit sorry for your friend thats why i say this THANK YOU
Manik,
I agree with you. lol
thank u for supporting me child like.
You are welcome Manik,
When ever you want to talk I am here. lol
I AM HERE TOO CHILD LIKE good to talk to good peoples
THANK YOU MANIK,
I agree with both of you Child Like and Manik.
I feel as though she may not have been possessed. I feel like maybe she wanted to change, but didn’t feel she could. So the things the Ouija board told her were just assurance that she could change, and it told her what she wanted to hear…. but her subconscious was really the “spirit” controlling it. For instance, maybe she wanted someone to tell her she was pretty, so she asked the “spirit” if it thought she was pretty, and the answer was just a projection of what she wanted to hear subconsciously, and she probably had no idea she was actually controlling it.
No one knows what happened to her then we actually don’t know about her more than jenn who knows YOU COULD BE RIGHT TOO!!! Niki.
I dunno, changing yourself is a long hard proccess, and the change in her was instant.. I gotta lean to strong influence by the spirits or actual posession. o.o sorry u lost a good friend, that’s really harsh.
hmmmm maybe the ghost fancied her
maybe it did .. lol
is that even impossible?