Ouija
In spite of experiencing several events pointing towards the seemingly otherworldly Ive always been very sceptical, ghosts UFO's etc.
A couple of months back some friends decided to have an ouija night, now they have been doing this for years but it was the first time I was invited along, I'd heard their tales of previous nights and quite frankly I was intrigued.
The first thing that surprised me was how the planchette felt as it was moving across the board, you couldn't say it was being deliberately moved by anyone, it just moved so quickly and smoothly without the hesitation of being spelt out.
Sometimes it just span round and round the board enough to make you dizzy.
There were names and messages for two people there who got quite emotional, I'm still in the 'Yeah whatever' camp.
Then it came up with something directly aimed at me, and a name from my past, who wasn't known to anyone there.
I really didn't like that and wanted it to end.
Shortly after, the planchette went dead and we were told the session was over.
I left feeling really uncomfortable and with my mind changed about how rubbish it actually was.
That lasted a week or so until my logical mind kicked back in again and I thought there must be a simple rational explanation.
Im a bit more open minded now though and will probably have another go given the chance
(insomniac-surfer oh go on then, just this once, Wed 8 Apr 2015, 1:05, 5 replies)

I always tried to steer the little stool thing
and usually managed to reveal somebody's embarrassing or disturbing secret.
The trick is to keep a straight face.
(the other guy not the one that gave you coochie warts, Wed 8 Apr 2015, 2:48, closed)

you credulous prick

(old man river possible lesbian, Wed 8 Apr 2015, 9:16, closed)

my friend and i used to like pissing around with a ouija board when we were about 15
i agree it's really weird feeling it spin around, sometimes really fast, and it does not feel like someone else is pushing it. also it spells out really weird things that you just wouldn't bother saying/think of. ooooh, spooky.

now i'm older, i don't believe in teh spook, but i do still believe neither of us were pushing it on purpose. i know i wasn't, and i know my friend really well, and she was far too genuinely freaked out by it. so i reckon one of us must have been doing it unintentionally.

and i don't reckon it was me, because spelling.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 8 Apr 2015, 9:50, closed)

A simple rational explanation?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideomotor_phenomenon

Ouija Boards were made originally as just a parlour game with no sinister overtones; they were around for decades before some random fantasist/shyster bolted on the whole 'communing with spirits' nonsense.
( Zoroastermouse thinks therefore he am, Wed 8 Apr 2015, 13:00, closed)

that's what i thought
only much much more scientific
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 8 Apr 2015, 14:32, closed)