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Ouija boards (usually known as Weegie Boards) are one thing which have always interested me.

Already some of you are probably thinking, “What a loser” or “Why? They don’t do anything.” But it for that reason that they interest me so much. Some people will say that these things are useless, that they are nothing but a con and any activity that happens during a session is just an act of the persons subconscious moving the planchette/pointer. One experiment conducted on a tv show showed that this is “bullshit” as it was said. Here “Questions were being asked to the late William Frawley showing solid “Yes” and “No” answers. The participants were then blindfolded and the board was turned 180 degrees without their knowledge. With continued questioning, the planchette then traveled to bare areas of the board where the participants believed the “Yes” and “No” marks were located, but in fact were not.” (Direct from wikipedia in Scientific Explanation)

Paranormal happenings have always interested me. With that keen question in mind, is it real? I’ve always been curious.

Theres an old family story that says my great granddad was once strangled by a ghost of some sort. My uncle Jimmy came into the room after hearing him struggling etc and found him stood with his hands beneath his neck as if to get the spirit off him. Strange, ay? apparently handprints could be seen on his neck afterwards. I’ve doubted this story a lot as it seems to change as each family member tells it. That and the fact that I was about 8 when first told it, it was probably made up just to scare me. Strange how little things stay in your mind for so long.

But yeah, getting back on topic. Some say that Ouija boards are a way to contact the dead, more often than not, evil spirits or demons. It is written  in various texts that Satan and his demons will use the board ac a way of manipulating a person and use it to control them. An apparent minority say that the board can be used to contact the ‘good’ or regular spirits. If they’re asked for that is. But many websites etc warn to be careful as Satan moonlights as an angel of light, a carer, one of said ‘good’ spirits to manipulate the person and get them addicted to the board, enabling Satan to have more control.. Haha, it sounds like im telling a ghost story. It is stated in many places that this is not a game, but something serious. These are usually words by Christians (No criticism/negativity intended.)

Im so tempted to try using a board for myself. Its something I really want to do. I’ve been advised not to due to other peoples experiences and those of their family members. But this just makes me even more curious. I want to find out for myself what happens during a séance/session. I want to feel what its like to be “possesed” by a demon. I want to have first hand experience in paranormal activity (No im not just speaking because of the film, shut up.)

I think one day I will try out a board for myself, to see what happens. I do believe in the spiritualist world, in ‘ghosts’ and I believe that there is a state between life and death where a person can become stuck for whatever reaon. But i’ve never seen anything of the sort for myself, just the occasional shadow. For example I still swear that every now and again there is some sort of shadow that moves from the bottom of my wall, near my door, to the top, going through the ceiling. This is probably just my mind playing tricks, as various sources have said, the mind may generate these expectations because of what we want to see, resulting in us believing that we do infact see them.

Appologies if this post has bored you. But its something that really interests me