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The Ouija Board is Just a Tool

Posted on March 18, 2010

When I was 16 I did the Ouija alone and I asked it who I was going to marry. It spelled out the last name of the man I ultimately married nearly 10 years later. Was this a spirit? Or was it my own psychic energy? Seeing as I consistently test 11 or better on the Rhine ESP test, I am inclined to think I channeled my own energies.

Three days before 9/11 my girlfriend and I and James of Decker, Michigan had a séance with a Ouija board to call on the spirit of Timothy McVeigh in the very bedroom he slept in while the authorities claim he planned the OKC bombing. This was exactly 3 months after he was executed. We got some interesting answers, most of which we recorded or wrote down. This was on 9/9/2001. For the following two days I unable to sleep or function because I felt a “hounding” on me constantly for 48 hours. It felt as though something was urgently wanting to get me to understand something. Exactly two days later we were attacked on 9/11/2001 and I slept like a baby that morning. I was awoken to the sound of my phone ringing off the hook and was greeted by the horrific images on the screen. Was that a spirit? There is no way anyone can prove it. It may have again been my own psychic energies.

I have had others, most not as exciting as that. I have read numerous books on the spirit world and have always had a fascination with it. The bottom line for me is there is no proof. It is a matter of believing and personal experience. It irks me when people lie in order to frighten other people. It irks me when people try to come off like specialists or ‘know it alls’ regarding the spirit world because none of us can have any comprehension of what it is really like. None of us have died, seen it all and come back to tell the tale. We only have our hunches and our own experiences. People sit here and say “oh don’t burn the Ouija!” – which is such a load of crap. Many people have burned them and they did not “scream” and evil spirits weren’t trapped in their homes.

The Ouija is a tool just like anything else. It isn’t the devil, it isn’t a portal and it isn’t going to lead to anyone’s death. Nobody has ever died because they used a piece of cardboard with a planchette. Is there possibly some strange coincidences where people were stupid enough to ask when they were going to die, got a date and it came true? Possibly. But it is my contention it was probably their own psychic energy and they were going to die anyway. Everyone dies, eventually.

Look, I am just tired of finding this sort of fear mongering on the internet regarding the spirit world. I think people should pursue their interest in it without all of this baggage. There is no scientific proof, but there is enough personal experiences to certainly validate people doing their own experimentation, I don’t discourage that at all. I just draw the line at people saying they know things proof positively and then using their own “stories” as blatant lies to get attention through fear.

Sent in by Karen, Copyright 2010 TrueGhostTales.com




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61 Responses to “The Ouija Board is Just a Tool”
  1. katie says:

    i really want to try a ouija board but i am to scared to is it really scary

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    • Anonymous says:

      DO NOT try without doing your research properly, they can be dangerous!

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      • Mike says:

        can be? they are very dangerous, almost as putting a gun to your head. NEVER EVER play with a ouija board. Tell everyone you know to stay away from this demonic device, it will only lie to you and bring death, pain, misery. They will drag you to hell.

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        • Sophie says:

          But..but…i read some stories on here where ouija board spirits are good…so can i try it..? im 12 so i may only ask “who will i marry” blah blah blah xD is THAT at least ok??

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          • AnNa says:

            ive never lpayed with one so i cant tell you,you shouldnt play but why on earth would you want to just to see who you are going to marry?thats crazy.your only 12.why,why,why.i always say if i could talk to my uncle i would no dout about it but i know i will never be able to so i wont and im not going to try.you said you read some stories read more.read the comments.i bet you theres more people who have had bad stuff happen then good.do the research more then what you have done.well go luck and i hope nothing bad happens if you play.

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            • Sophie says:

              hmm…ur right! ive read more bad stories about Ouija boards than good…i wont risk it! u made me think..THANK U ANNA xx write back soon :)

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              • Sophie says:

                oh..and the marrying thingy was just an example ^ ^

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                • AnNa says:

                  oh. but you do get my point.i dont want to hear that you were hurt or something worse by playing that.and i dont think your parents would like that.but i am glad you thought about it. is the reason why you wanted to play because of people here or was it a friend?thanks for commenting me back.i’ll be waiting to here from you.if you want.

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                  • Sophie says:

                    yes i do get ur point. i dont think my parents would like that because they dont like stuff like that. i wouldnt dare try that now and if i would id do it because of the people here…id really would like to see how its like…but not anymore…just being scared a bit badly i wouldnt go to sleep and still think about it 4 weeks and weeks after xD so..NO THANK YOU

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                • AnNa says:

                  what made you want to try the board?

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                  • Sophie says:

                    i wanted to try the board because of the people and experiences people have had here. And by the way, may i ask u if u have published any stories here?

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                    • AnNa says:

                      no i havent.stuff has happened when my son was under i year old.he will be 5 in november.since then no.

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                    • Anonymous says:

                      hey Sophie im 10 and i own an ouija it haunted and at night i hold on my blanket for dear life because in he middle of the night the spirt drags me out of bed and hits me DONT YOU DARE PLAY WITH A OUIJA BOARD! thank you oh and if you dont heave my warning you will remember it forever

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    • Lady says:

      Go buy a monopoly game and play with it. Don’t play with a game that has no rule.

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      • MARY says:

        The word PLAY AND O BOARD should not be used together. You can call demonic entities to you just by meditating or being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Yes it is a tool but , it must be respected like ANY TOOL, if you do not handle a saw correctly YOU COULD LOSE YOUR ARM OR YOUR LIFE EH…?? The problem here is many are PLAYING with the tool , and yes there are stories of people hanging themselves on the fateful day they were told by the Board that they would die. Is it an evil spirit telling them to end it as it will happen anyway or is it that they did not understand that all we do can change our path at any moment NOTHING IS CLEAR CUT ?? We will never know.

        All along people have been stating that to use one can be done for divination but like brings to like and it depends on what you put out there , God help you if you are angry or depressed because that is what will be attracted to you thru the board. Too many people have ended up with attaching spirits and demonic presence in the home where they used these boards, to just put it to the side and say “gee what a coincidence”. If people are lying for attention that is their bad ,you or I should not worry about that as we may miss the one who is GENUINELY REACHING OUT AND BEING HURT AND TORTURED who needs help.

        ALL that I have seen being asked here is they not be sold as toys ? I think maybe putting them in Ecclectic shops for people who know something about the other side can use it as a divinatory tool. Me , I use my douser and water and ball. It is just my preferrence. I like being surprised anyway so I only ask when the question is unable to be worked by me. Such as what should I go back to school for , I have three things I want to do but what would be best for my path, growth, others ? So , I would ask for help. BLESSINGS LIGHT LOVE TO ALL, MARY

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  2. darren says:

    Aren’t you tooting your own horn when you make statements like “It isn’t a portal,” and “Noone has ever died by using a piece of cardboard and a planchette.” If you believe in psychic energies, do you dismiss spirit activity because you say there is “no proof?”

    I’m not trying to be rude, but it would seem by your own admissions that you are making the same kind of statements that you despise. You couldn’t possibly know that noone has died because of a Ouija Board.

    How many boards have you burned? You say it’s a load of crap, but yet you repeatedly mention “personal experience” as being important. What do you say to people that may have had a real experience with burning a board. I mean I get the message your trying to come across, but it sounds rather insulting to me.

    Best wishes

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    • anna says:

      it does doesnt it,sound rude.i agree with you.

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      • Angel With Horns says:

        It does not sound rude at all. I think it is kind of annoying that Karen thinks just because there is “”"no proof”"” that people have not had scary experiences with the Q-Board. I am SOO sorry if i sound rude im just curious why you think like that .
        From,
        Angel With Horns

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        • anna says:

          u know what, thats me it sounds rude and im tired of saying sorry to me it sounds rude its not only me that give opioins hear.and half of the time it might sound rude but i cant tell the diff so take it how u want to,but thats what comments are here for, to let others say whats on there mind.

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  3. Lady Killer says:

    I agree with lots of things that you have said but some I do not due to there are to many stories out there that has ended very badly. Now is every one of those stories lies? Some of them yes but not all. If you are a evil person and use this board to play tricks on others then yes some bad WILL and IS going TO HAPPEN TO YOU.
    Some thinks that thing is just a game and to some it really is but it IS NOT A GAME AT ALL.
    I would never play with on of these things at all. Yes you can let demons through this portal and if you are scared as you are doing and you open the portal then evil will come through and feed on your fear.
    Some times thee is nothing that happens at all at that time but if you do not close the portal properly then any thing can still come through it whether you are still using it or not.
    Burning it no I would not burn it at all. I would bury it as I did this I would say the lords prayer over and over. I would not just bury it under a little bit of dirt I would bury like I was burying a body. The person who started this with the board is the one that has to get rid of the board and telling the demons that has entered to leave them in piece. Now if you dont believe in GOD say this any ways just because you do not believe in him does not mean that he does not believe in you and protects you if you ask for help.

    I know that Demon are here and people keeps playing around with things and lets them out of the time and does not put them back in their place then earth will be over run with this things and the Devil will win.

    All that I can say is that these things can be helpful if they are used right and not abused and then properly closed right so nothing can escape through after words.
    But if you just want to do it because you think that it would cool but yet you are afraid DONT DO IT AT ALL YOU ARE ONLY ASKING FOR TROUBLE.
    Another thing is that the boards are not the only way that demons can get through they can get through tarot cards and kind of magic of that sort, yes I call it magic what I say is leave it all alone if you do not have a clue on how to use them because it will not end good and things can and will happen to you for a long time some times there has been cases where things has followed a person for the rest of their lives and made their lives nothing but hell and torment.

    Just leave it alone read things and not all are the same some are good but are you willing to take the chance? Think about it really long and hard before you think that you are ready.

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    • from the void says:

      I’m glad you say that you’re never to use one, as you know not the first thing about them.
      Burry it? piss off the wrong spirit and you’ll find the burried board resting peacefully atop your bed.
      anyone using a ouija must have respect for these entities, you cant just barge into uncharted territory and lash out commands like you run the place, I wouldn’t even attempt that in my hometown, hah.

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  4. anna says:

    everybody has there own thought about the board,ive never done it dont plan on using it but if ppl have tried it and something has happened so be it,if ppl lie just to get attention then what ever but like i said i wouldnt touch the board.for me i dont believe in it but the stories i have read on this site some i believe and some i dont.

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  5. Lisa says:

    The board is just a tool, but it’s a tool that I feel can bring spirits who can cause a lot of trouble and grief. A lot of bad things have happened to me after using the board ; maybe they would have happened anyway, who knows; I do not pretend to know, but I do know this: I am not taking any chances–I will never touch one again!

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  6. anna says:

    if ppl know the ouija boards are bad why do ppl try it anyway?just curious are they want too try it for themselves.i dont get it.

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    • chris says:

      because they get curious. the board is a portal, you speak to spirits in your own home, if you dont have the knowledge to return them to where they came, and the spirit has the will to stay. good luck getting rid of it.

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      • anna says:

        i would NEVER try one but if i could and i knew it was the person that i would love to talk to then heck ya i would but i know it will never happen.so forget it,not for me.

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  7. will says:

    I have played on the board several times, nothing bad has ever happened. Teenie boppers love to tell scary stories of planchettes moving on their own. What scares me more than ouija boards or ghosts is the lack of grammer and proof reading on these posts. Sometimes, I wonder if the people posting are teenie boppers.

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    • pixie01 says:

      Good call!

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    • Priestess says:

      Will: A teenie bopper at 31? I doubt it. No, sorry there are NOT stories made up to “scare” people. There TRUE. Lucky you, I’d say the reason is because you have NO spiritual ability, strength, or anything. Demons are after those who have these abilities not anyone else. Just because you did not have an experience does NOT mean others have not.

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  8. Pete says:

    Karen,
    feel free to pursue your interest, but blame nobody but yourself when something goes wrong, and something will happen, it’s just a matter of time. Good Luck!!.

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  9. Anonymous says:

    hey this is a guy that had an experience with one so take it from me an ouija board is nothing to play around with trust me it will scare you so bad i done it a couple of months back and stuff still want leave me alone so the best advice is not to try it

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  10. Liara says:

    An ouija board will bring bad spirits and demons into your life, whether you realize it or not, Karen. All of these stories about horrible events happening after the use of an ouija board are NOT coincidence. It is fine that you don’t believe us, or our stories, but show us a little respect. Be careful of the use of an ouija board – and “play” at your own discretion; even if I strongly advise against it since I have yet to read about a positive experience regarding the ouija board.

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  11. from the void says:

    when using a ouija board, contact with anything is possible, even the universe itself (which calls itself the helix).
    most entities are infact tricksters that play on one’s own personal fear.
    If one trully made contact with, say Satan, one might find as long as he has respect for the other side then no harm will come to them.
    If you want something from them, it is only proper that you offer something in return.
    lower entities long for freedom and may wish to stay with you for a time, but they are bound to your rules.
    higher demons may teach you a lesson in pain if you meddle too far and cause great offence.
    always respect the other side, or pay a price not even “god” can save you from.

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    • Liara says:

      The Devil and his demons will give you nothing. They inspire discord, anger, and hate all around you. God can save you, but only if you ask for his help. Damnation, however, is something you bring on yourself. However, I am not God so…*shrug*. Still, this kind of advice is disconcerting. No one should turn to the Devil to get what they want when they themselves are perfectly capable themselves.

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      • ian says:

        i agree but i will point out u dnt see god sendin angels but satin sends demons

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  12. Mariah says:

    wut about homemade ones?? Ive got expiriences with that. Yeh, we were scared, but we played it. All,we got out of it in the end, is being extra jumpy of everything. Nothing bad happened. Ill probably play again today, though it probably wont be as effective by myself. Btw i do believe we control the boards unconciously. And karen isn’t a bad person for writing this, i mean shes allowed to state her oppinion… if imm curious,about it ill play it. (But for the record, i wudnt buy a real one.)

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  13. anna says:

    whats the different between a bought one and a homade one.(ive never tryed on)just curious.

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    • Mariah aka genius(yeh i spelled it right.) says:

      i wudnt rlly kno sins i hve nvr plyed a real 1. But mi gess iz itz proly da samee.(that was for all you grammar nazis out there ;)

      p.s. If i cant toot my own horn, then who elses can i toot?

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  14. Renee says:

    Will, I totally agree with you. The grammar, spelling and writing skills are the scariest thing on this site!

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  15. Christina says:

    Yes, bad spelling is very scary, considering there is spell check and all the other tools out there to keep some minds lazy. And that is tried, not tryed…..somewhere up there this word is spelled incorrectly.

    I tend to believe that people just kind of type in ‘short hand’.,,,,,,,,something people over 35 might remember. Anyway, one doesn’t have to be a teeny bopper to not know how to spell……I’ve come across many executives and such that can’t spell and probably say a prayer to the great god ‘spell check’ every morning they head to work.

    I think the stories are pretty interesting, BUT, I must admit that when a story starts to have too many errors and horrific grammar, I stop reading them because that’s when I start to have doubts about the writer.

    Even though I have never had a bad experience using the Ouji Board, I’ve read enough to know that there is some danger involved. **

    I used one ONCE when I was about eight years old, with some friends/brother…….we were too busy goofing off and moving that planchette that we pretty much destroyed the game before we could start asking anything! The only questions asked were….’who is moving this?’ because we were all being dorks. This was approximately in 1969 or so. I don’t even know what happened to the darned game. It disappeared into oblivion like most toys that have six kids in the family……..it was probably afraid of us! (ha ha)

    **I believe some of the stories, maybe not all of them, but just because I haven’t SEEN some things in life that others have, I believe in what I haven’t seen or experienced. One just has to have an open mind to know there are many things out there even though we can’t feel, touch or experience it.

    Christina

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    • Caretaker says:

      Christina – your spell checker missed “Ouji Board”, it is Ouija :)

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    • will says:

      Yeah I remember shorthand. I also know lots of high up people that can not spell simple words. I agree, when the stories turns into a jumbled mess, it just gives me a headache. I guess the internet and cell phone texting has butchered the english language. As I said earlier, I have done the ouija board many times and nothing bad has ever happened. I really don’t put much stock in the stories where the storyteller claims the board said it would kill the players. Maybe it’s like a computer though, garbage in equals garbage out.

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      • Caretaker says:

        It seems that whenever someone posts a comment that criticizes others for their spelling and grammar skills they make similar mistakes themselves. It cracks me up. This site is not limited to professional writers and grammaticians! Just because a person doesn’t understand verb tense or punctuation does not mean that they are stupid nor does it mean that they are not telling the truth! Come on people! In the future I am considering just deleting any comment that does nothing more than criticize a story teller’s (or a commentor’s) grammar and spelling skills.

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        • evelina says:

          Thank you caretaker!!! Some people might be from foreign countrys, some might have not have the advantage of a decent education.

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          • Caretaker says:

            evilina – Numerous times I have seen someone criticize a story or comment because of grammar or spelling, even saying it couldn’t be true because of the errors. In my opinion that is ridiculous. I suppose if someone were to write up a complete lie these people would believe it were true as long as no grammatical laws were infringed. :)

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        • will says:

          Caretaker, I understand you want to keep the site flowing and the talk about paranormal. But even you have to have a hard time deciphering some of these stories. By the way, I really liked the story about you living in Kentucky in the rental house. I live in Tennessee and I was just wondering if the house was still standing?

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          • Caretaker says:

            will, I havent seen that house in almost 25 years. About 3 years ago I drove up that road but things had changed so much (new houses, trailers, wider road, etc.) that I wasnt able to locate it. Keep in mind that it was up a country road and at the time we were there, there wasnt much built up at all.

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  16. Lisa says:

    are you cursed for using a O-board??? I used one a few months ago, and nothing bad ever happend to me. No demons, no hauntings, nothing like that at all, but ever since then I have had increasingly bad luck. Some of my fears do come true. Can I blame it on the boared of course not, but could my issues have something to do with it? very possible.

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  17. Angel With Horns says:

    Lisa it is Possible but who knows for sure?? may be it is just bad luck

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  18. Lisa says:

    Just to let you know, people, the “Lisa” who wrote the comment above is not me; I am the Lisa who wrote the story titled “Did the Ouija Board Cause These Bad Things“–I guess I’ll all myself “Lisa D” from now on, so there won’t be any confusion!

    Lisa “D”

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  19. Priestess says:

    Any Ouija board, bought, home made printed off the internet are dangerous. Anyone who says that they are just tools and not portals, is very uneducated. Just because you got LUCKY and no spirit came after you does NOT mean they are not portals. They are VERY DANGEROUS and NOT to be played with. However demons are only attracted to people with a lot of spiritual power and or abilities, so your luck could be that you have NONE. Consider it a gift, because those of us with with spiritual powers and abilities wether latent or used are sought after and they want those with abilities. You can think this a joke all you like but its far from that. If my story ever gets put on here (My Story is named “The Truth and Dangers of Ouija Boards”), then you’ll see. Oh and once you read it do NOT think that is the end of it. A demon who attaches himself to you permently is NOT fun. Consider yourself LUCKY and move on. Don’t be telling others that their stories are false because you got lucky enough and have NO abilities worth seeking so your of no interest to them. Its condesending, uneducated, and rude.

    As darren said:

    darren says:
    March 18, 2010 at 1:18 pm
    Aren’t you tooting your own horn when you make statements like “It isn’t a portal,” and “Noone has ever died by using a piece of cardboard and a planchette.” If you believe in psychic energies, do you dismiss spirit activity because you say there is “no proof?”

    I’m not trying to be rude, but it would seem by your own admissions that you are making the same kind of statements that you despise. You couldn’t possibly know that noone has died because of a Ouija Board.

    How many boards have you burned? You say it’s a load of crap, but yet you repeatedly mention “personal experience” as being important. What do you say to people that may have had a real experience with burning a board. I mean I get the message your trying to come across, but it sounds rather insulting to me.

    Best wishes

    Speak for YOURSELF NOT EVERYONE.

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    • Robert says:

      [QUOTE] Priestess: ” I’m not trying to be rude, but it would seem by your own admissions that you are making the same kind of statements that you despise. You couldn’t possibly know that noone has died because of a Ouija Board.

      How many boards have you burned? You say it’s a load of crap, but yet you repeatedly mention “personal experience” as being important. What do you say to people that may have had a real experience with burning a board. I mean I get the message your trying to come across, but it sounds rather insulting to me.
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      I actually can say that no one has died because of the board by the shear fact there are 0 reports of it happening from reparable sources. Give me a valid report of this happening from a reparable source and I’ll retract my statement.

      As for boards being burned while I’m not Darren and am not speaking for him, I can speak for myself and state I’ve burned plenty of them without any negative side effects (well aside from inhaling the smoke). No board has screamed in agony from me doing it, no spirit has gotten pissed and gone after me. I’ve even tossed several boards away in the trash and magically they ended up at my local garbage dump (weird right?).

      I don’t wish to speak for everyone, but I am speaking for everyone who has half a brain and ignores everyone’s fear of a simple piece of cardboard for unproven reasons.

      And just to clear something up, Darren wasn’t stating he didn’t believe no one died from one, he was doing exactly what you were, telling the person WHO did that they couldn’t know something like that.

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      • Priestess says:

        Robert says:
        May 25, 2010 at 4:45 pm
        [QUOTE] Priestess: ” I’m not trying to be rude, but it would seem by your own admissions that you are making the same kind of statements that you despise. You couldn’t possibly know that noone has died because of a Ouija Board.

        I’m stating FACTS. There is a BIG DIFFERENCE in educating someone about something they know NOTHING about than name calling and such.

        How many boards have you burned? You say it’s a load of crap, but yet you repeatedly mention “personal experience” as being important. What do you say to people that may have had a real experience with burning a board. I mean I get the message your trying to come across, but it sounds rather insulting to me.
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        I actually can say that no one has died because of the board by the shear fact there are 0 reports of it happening from reparable sources. Give me a valid report of this happening from a reparable source and I’ll retract my statement.

        Of course there are no reports, who’d want their family looked at as many seem to do. One of my cousins messed with the board and decided to burn it, the end result. Her Death.

        As for boards being burned while I’m not Darren and am not speaking for him, I can speak for myself and state I’ve burned plenty of them without any negative side effects (well aside from inhaling the smoke). No board has screamed in agony from me doing it, no spirit has gotten pissed and gone after me. I’ve even tossed several boards away in the trash and magically they ended up at my local garbage dump (weird right?).

        As I stated before, ONLY people WITH spiritual abilities, so of course nothing happened to you, of course the board did not return.

        I don’t wish to speak for everyone, but I am speaking for everyone who has half a brain and ignores everyone’s fear of a simple piece of cardboard for unproven reasons.

        So only people with NO experiences because they have no abilities has half a brain? WOW! Pretty hypocritical from you, when you jumped my case. Sounds like double sided. I call someone uneducated (which is NOT an insult) for NOT having the first idea of what goes on and your all over me, yet you sit here and call ALL of us who has had these experiences half wits? I mean after all you said it yourself: but I am speaking for everyone who has half a brain and ignores everyone’s fear of a simple piece of cardboard for unproven reasons.

        Gee sounds like you are being just as much as a hypocrite as you TRIED FALSELY CLAIMING ON ME. Stop projecting,you only look MORE of a fool then you are seen as.

        And just to clear something up, Darren wasn’t stating he didn’t believe no one died from one, he was doing exactly what you were, telling the person WHO did that they couldn’t know something like that.

        Where did I comment on anything Darren had to say? I did not. At least ATTEMPT to pay attention.

        Did you even read my post or just skim it and throw a tantrum at the parts you read.

        So from now on keep your childish, insulting, behavior to yourself.

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      • Priestess says:

        I forgot to add. No no one went to the media or police. Because of people like you, you’d deny it then the family is marked, made fun, no one wants to help or anything. So of course any SANE family keeps it quiet and only talks about it when discussing things such as like this.

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        • Robert says:

          Priestess – Look back at the comment I originally replied to here is a direct copy of what your comment stated:

          “As darren said:

          darren says:
          March 18, 2010 at 1:18 pm
          Aren’t you tooting your own horn when you make statements like “It isn’t a portal,” and “Noone has ever died by using a piece of cardboard and a planchette.” If you believe in psychic energies, do you dismiss spirit activity because you say there is “no proof?”

          I’m not trying to be rude, but it would seem by your own admissions that you are making the same kind of statements that you despise. You couldn’t possibly know that noone has died because of a Ouija Board.

          How many boards have you burned? You say it’s a load of crap, but yet you repeatedly mention “personal experience” as being important. What do you say to people that may have had a real experience with burning a board. I mean I get the message your trying to come across, but it sounds rather insulting to me.

          Best wishes

          Speak for YOURSELF NOT EVERYONE.”

          So yes you were commenting to Darren. And yes I DID read all that you said, obviously you didn’t.

          Next I never stated the board didn’t work for me (since it does that would then mean I do have spiritual ability), but I KNOW what the board is and KNOW what the board can and CANNOT do.

          And my comment of half a brain is no more an insult than yours.

          *I* believe that the crap people spout of the board not being able to be burned, or returning magically and all that is nothing more than a load of crap. And YES people who believe that are ignorant people. Again *MY* opinion, or to put it as you do they are uneducated people. They believe the hype and just go and recycle those claims without anything to back them up, there is no proof any of those claims are true.

          While the death of your cousin is tragic, I highly doubt it had anything to do with the burning of the board.

          So here is my offer, you provide proof of your claims and I’ll publicly apologize and promise to never post a comment about the ouija board ever again.

          Now because you’re obviously afraid the board will order your death if you burn it, we’ll skip that claim and go with the non-lethal one.

          get a board, use it and then toss it out. Then place that camera you used to tape yourself using the board in the room until it returns. I’d assume it’d return in a relative short amount of time.

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  20. Mandy says:

    okay what makes you think you know all about this.
    people have died because of the Ouija board.
    my mum has had a personal experience with the Ouija board because my mum was playing the Ouija board with some of her friends and they set a spirit off and there was a baby in the lounge room the baby got lifted in the air while sleeping and got dragged across the room while being clawed by a entity which caused the baby to die because they where messing with the Ouija board so don’t go preaching about something you know nothing about in case you were wondering about how i know about all of this its because i have dealt with stuff like this before.
    And by the way the Ouija board is made out of wood.

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    • Caretaker says:

      Mandy please do not call others stupid (Insults and name calling are not allowed here) AND the Ouija Board, at least those you buy in the stores today, are made of cardboard not wood.

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    • Robert says:

      Mandy, not to be rude or anything. But sadly just because someone says “they know someone”, or someone in their family, etc etc died because of the board doesn’t make it true or fact.

      I can tell you a thousand different things that I say happened without any proof, does that make what I said true?

      Here is an example:

      “I just turned 16 and several of my friends were at my house celebrating my birthday. After a few hours we all got bored doing the normal things at a party. Around midnight my friend Kate who was into witchcraft suggested we try the ouija board and contact her spirit friend Toby. So we grabbed the box my cake was in and used a marker to create the board, she used her ring as the pointer for it.

      After several minutes of nothing my other friend Mark shouted “Come on Satan, quit being a wuss and show us how big and mighty you really are!!”. Then all of a sudden the ring flew across the room and melted. Mark was then yanked up into the air and slammed several times into the wall. As we tried to pick him up (3 of us) we got tossed back and held down as we saw Mark bloody and knocked out. As this was occurring we all smelled the odor of sulfur in the air and hear deep evil laughing. Our friend Kate managed to recite some prayer and kept at it until she was able to reach the board and put her fingers on the “goodbye” as she commanded the spirit to return to where it came from.

      To this day I sometimes smell the sulfur and hear the laughing. This one event has cost me 2 marriages, my college education and my job.”

      Simple story, has numerous common elements to every Ouija board story, vague enough to avoid tripping over forgetting simple things like friends names, where we were, etc etc.

      Do I have proof any of this happened? Nope but I say it did so it must be true.

      Just like I have an uncle who’s best friends sister’s neighbor was messing with a board and because he was rude and didn’t show respect to it, he was killed the next morning.

      I have the cool power to say whatever I feel like saying and can simply ignore the need for evidence to back up my claim.

      So when I say there is NO EVIDENCE, NO PROOF, NO REAL REPORTS (i.e. police, media) that ANYONE has died from using the Ouija board, I can back that statement up. Since there are no records of that ever happening.

      To put it another way, if someone I loved or knew died because of the board, I can guarantee I’ll be out there on the news, at the police station, courthouse, FBI building telling my story to make sure it doesn’t happen to anyone else. And in all the years I’ve been around, that has NEVER happened.

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  21. Mike says:

    NEVER EVER do a ouija board. NEVER you’ve been warned

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  22. priss says:

    wow! too many comments in your column.
    probably because you were thinking rather intellectually than emotionally. you were linking it with some sciences. that’s good. but having faith or supersticious belief is another trend of certain people. and untill civilisation exists the beliefs will also exist.
    but world also needs people like you who think in a scientific manner.
    but still i like your attitude.

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  23. Danyelle says:

    Ur so wrong karen.. U think people make up stories about the O-board? No they dont.. and not out of fear , and to get attention.

    They are warning people not to use this board, only because its evil And it does open a portal for these evil things to come through..
    Im not lying..
    And
    I know for a fact, it is not a tool, well maybe to some people it is..
    but its a bad tool to use, for it will cause and bring sadness and madness..
    but neways read the bible!
    And jesus Loves you :)

    -danielle..
    thanks for reading everybody.. or anybody who reads this.. on the site who ever wrote a story :)

    God bless you!

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