Ouija boards...

[meloneyb21]

Have you ever used one? Have one? Want one?

I'm still curious about them but when I was younger my mom told me that it is a voodoo/evil game and I've been scared senseless ever since.

Even though I can buy one for myself now, I can't even look at one in the store without feeling like I'm going to get possessed or something. She definitely left a lasting impression.

 

[JessicaR]

I had one as a youngish teen for a couple of years. It was always entertaining to break out during sleepovers! Although as much as it was used by us nothing out of the norm ever did happen with it. I'm pretty sure we said it did though!

 

[heatherleigh]

I remember these were popular in Jr. High at sleepovers. My grandparents had a problem w/ me playing it, but my mom didn't. I think I even owned one. I would never allow my kids to play that game. We sure thought it was exciting back in the day though.

 

[ZephyrHawk]

Whooo, boy! Did you read the recent "spooky story" thread?

 

[H.E. Pennypacker]

Have you ever used one? Have one? Want one?

I'm still curious about them but when I was younger my mom told me that it is a voodoo/evil game and I've been scared senseless ever since.

Even though I can buy one for myself now, I can't even look at one in the store without feeling like I'm going to get possessed or something. She definitely left a lasting impression.

My mom told me the same thing when I was little. Said it was controlled by the devil and that the bible forbid using things like that. Never quite understood why she had one, then.

Anyway, a friend and I used to use it once in awhile. Nothing creepy ever happened, although it is pretty neat to see the thing move around and both of you SWEAR you're not doing it. I remember asking Ouija once to tell me the combination to a combination lock that I forgot. No help from Ouija on that one.

 

[Disney Ella]

We had one until my mother decided it was evil and burned it. When I was 11, my friend and I asked it to tell us the names of our future husbands. I wish I could remember what it said and see if it was close.

 

[IDoDis]

We had one until my mother decided it was evil and burned it. When I was 11, my friend and I asked it to tell us the names of our future husbands. I wish I could remember what it said and see if it was close.

The board itself is like any other game that is made of cardboard and plastic pieces, so the board is not possessed! It's just a game, although I don't agree with the premise of it. I can tell you one thing for sure: The pieces don't move by themselves!!! They are pushed by the players. Anyone can say all they want that the pieces move, but if you want to believe that, I have some swampland in Florida to sell ya!

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

I had one of the mass market ones, which did NOTHING.

I saw an episode of The Waltons where they wrote the alphabet on little pieces of paper and laid them out on a tree stump. They used an upside down juice glass as an oracle. Seems like that would work better than a thing from WalMart or whatever.

I tried REALLY HARD to get something spooky to happen with my Ouija, but it never did.

 

[mickeysgal]

It's a board game by Parker Brothers. Hard to find evil in that.

That said, we recently had an overnight here for some of DD's friends in high school. There were several girls who got frightened and said they weren't allowed to play it. DD promptly put it away as to not offend or to exclude anyone. I think it offends some that are deeply religious.

 

[kirbsam]

oh you DISbelievers, do not underestimate the power of ouija. i dont make a decision in my life without it. it has never led me wrong. i was supposed to be on the titanic, but the ouija board said no. i was supposed to go flying with amelia earhart on her last flight, but the ouija board said no. i was supposed to go on a drive with ted kennedy in chappequidik, but the ouija board said no. i was supposed to marry lorena bobbit, but the ouija board sadi no. whew!!!

 

[disney kid at heart]

All it took for me was watching the Exorcist. My kids were young when it came out and I would never let one in my house. That's the scariest movie of all time.

 

[wardfamily1]

This is from the Ghost Hunter's thread:

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This isn't a story from me personally even though I did (kinda) witness it. I will NOT touch a ouiji board, I'm too chicken.

Back in junior high there was a group of girls who had a slumber party on a weekend. That monday they came to school and told everyone about using a ouiji board at the party. They stated that it said bad things were going to happen to them and of course they just joked about it. Within two months 5 of the 6 girls had broken an arm and the 6th broke her leg.

I say that I 'witnessed' it because I did see the casts on the girls, the girl that broke her leg broke it at school in gym class. This is the reason I will NOT touch a ouiji board. If that was just a strange coincidence, it was a little to strange for me.

My sister bought me a ouiji board for christmas several years ago, I returned it Dec 26th.

There are more ouija stories on that thread too. It's a very entertaining thread.

 

[rie'smom]

I had one when I was 12 and it ended up in the attic until I saw The Exorcist 4 years later. Then I found it threw it into the garbage can.

 

[GeorgeG]

As one who has an interest in the paranormal, I've read that using the ouiji board can unleash some nasty spirits if used improperly. I'm more inclined to believe they are little more than a parlor game. I'd buy into it if the piece moved with nobody touching it, though. The same goes for the inverted glass on a table. I just can't get past the notion that someone with their fingers on it is making it move.

 

[disney1990]

So did your parents throw out your Magic 8 ball too for predicting the truth.

Ouija -- just a game, no big deal. It really doesn't move by itself.

 

[MouseJunkie]

oh you DISbelievers, do not underestimate the power of ouija. i dont make a decision in my life without it. it has never led me wrong. i was supposed to be on the titanic, but the ouija board said no. i was supposed to go flying with amelia earhart on her last flight, but the ouija board said no. i was supposed to go on a drive with ted kennedy in chappequidik, but the ouija board said no. i was supposed to marry lorena bobbit, but the ouija board sadi no. whew!!!

Okay, well that certainly just made me giigle out loud. We have played both the Parker Brothers version and a homemade one. The homemade one that of course everyone swears they didn't push told me I'd die before 31 and I'd never have grandchildren. Well, I'm 35 although I do not have any grandchildren. So, maybe it's on to something. ha ha Oh, I forgot the best part. I cried the whole day because I was upset I wouldn't make it past 31. We flushed the board down the toilet. Now you would think me crying would make someone own up pushing the thing, but then again maybe not.

 

[zackiedawg]

My ouija story I posted here for Halloween spirit, posted a few weeks back, is linked in my signature...just in case you wanted to try it! A few other folks have posted some cool stories in the thread too, so it's a fun read through if you're looking for scary stories and such!

 

[HelenePA]

a little story. there is a reason for the story.. I grew up on the SAME street my mom did.. infact I had 3 grandmothers all on the same street. My best friends mom was my mom's best friend we lived across the street from each other... one day my best friend and me went to a yard sale up the street from our house. We bought an Ouija board there.. well we were too excited to wait til we got home to use it ( about 200 feet) so we sat down in the middle of the road to play it. We asked it who was there.. it gave us a name.. we laughed. Later that day we went home and told our parents.. my mom turned white as a ghost... we found out the board had been owned by a girl by that name who died a few years before we bought it from her parents... We never touched the thing again... funny thing is my aunt bought me one for christmas later that year.. I started crying when I opened it I dont know what ever happened to the unopened one.

 

[HunnyPots]

Ouija boards are about as powerful and mystical as the Magic 8 Ball. I never bought into that whole "instrument of the devil" crap either. They're good for giggles at slumber parties, nothing more.

 

[luvsJack]

The first Christmas my sister and her husband were married, someone got them one. They opened it at my Mom's. They went in my room to use the thing. In about 5 minutes we started hearing all kinds of yelling. They were fighting! She said he moved the thing and he said she did. Stayed mad at each other for a whole week! Never did tell us what question they asked it, either!

By the time I wanted one I was also a big fan of Kiss. My mom had heard the whole "Kids in Service of Satan" thing and was getting rid of all my Kiss albums. I figured that wasn't the best time to ask for a Ouija board.