Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters

Years ago, when I was a teenager, my brother had a Ouija board. We “played” with it a few times with our friends and guests but nothing extremely bad happened to us. Until this one night, my brother and one of our neighbors were in his room with the board.

I went in, innocently sat on the floor next to his bed where they were “playing,” at which point they asked it “Can you make yourself known?” The pointer slid across the board to one of the corners. I asked “What does that mean?” and before I could get a response from them, I got my answer. I hunched over in pain, tears instantly began pouring from my eyes and I felt as if I was far away from everybody. The pain was in my back and it felt like I had been shot! I could feel what felt like hot liquid or blood running down my back and a sharp pain that went up my back. I couldn’t sit up. I could faintly hear my brother saying my name and I could barely feel his hand on my shoulder.

He tilted my head back to see what was wrong and when I saw (blurrily) the look on his face, I thought “I’m dead!” He reached for a jar on his book shelf, he opened it and stuck his hand in and flung the water on my face in the sign of a cross and said a prayer. It was holy water, and the pain was gone. He helped me to a seat because it was hard for me to move. I felt exhausted and sore. I was weak for about an hour and a half and very shaken up.

My brother was smart enough to have holy water ready and to get rid of that board. We never touched that board again and I will NEVER be in a room where there is one. I will advise anyone who thinks these are games or who are curious: learn from others mistakes on this one – Don’t mess with Ouija boards!

Sent in by Stephanie Correa, Copyright 2009