ouija boards
when my friend caff and i were quite a lot younger, we went through a bit of a phase of playing with a ouija board that had belonged to her grandma. now i don't really believe in anything like that, but i AM sure that neither of us were pushing it (intentionally). it would come out with words that we'd never heard of at the time - eg, caff was asking if she'd ever get with some guy, and it spelled out "catherine, emancipate. you do not need a man."

which for a couple of 15 year olds meant a trip to the dictionary!

anyway, one night we were messing around with it when her dog started howling. sitting there, snout upwards, rigid, and howling. we were terrified. the dog wouldn't be moved; every time we tried to drag her out of the kitchen, she bolted back to the same position and howled again.

after about 5 minutes of collectively cakking ourselves, we realised... someone had dropped a sausage down the side of the cabinet earlier... and the dog really wanted that sausage.

however, the second experience was much odder. we were a little bit older and bored at her uni flat in bristol city centre as we'd fucked up and run out of cash. we were drinking cheap wine and playing around, but the board kept spelling "OPEN THE DOOR". at first we ignored it, but it kept doing it, repeatedly, and in the end, that was all it would say, the thing whizzing around the board really really hard.

it was actually pretty scary. we stopped and stared at each other. which door? we were shut in the lounge. what was on the other side of it?

eventually i'd had enough, and marched around the house flinging doors open, caff whimpering behind me. the only door left was the front door. i think deep down we both knew that was the one.

so, feeling half stupid, half really scared, we opened it............. only to find that catherine had left her keys in the OUTSIDE of the door. and this was not a nice part of the city.

i don't think we've played with it since!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 4 Jul 2008, 9:47, 11 replies)

Ooooh
are you sure that's not made up? ;)
( TY&GN, Fri 4 Jul 2008, 9:48, closed)

I think..
..That was helpful of whicever spirit that was..

So cheers for that
(AndyC4m Eject Eject [><], Fri 4 Jul 2008, 9:57, closed)

Even if it is made up
**clicky**
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Fri 4 Jul 2008, 9:58, closed)

You make up all your stories
I HATE YOU

/rathen

*jumps on /talkh8 bandwagon*
( Kroney, Fri 4 Jul 2008, 9:59, closed)

I was only playing anyway

( TY&GN, Fri 4 Jul 2008, 10:03, closed)

no, seriously
i swear on anything this happened! we were more than a little creeped out.

of course, catherine has gone on to lose keys for every flat she's ever had, and managed to lock herself out of her bedroom when we lived together in a houseshare years later and she was in the shower.

she spent her birthday wrapped in a towel on the sofa...
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 4 Jul 2008, 10:05, closed)

!
It would be useful for finding your keys and so forth.
You could consult the ouija each morning, as an alternative to microsoft outlook calendar.
( browser still relating boring anecdotes into a void on, Fri 4 Jul 2008, 10:10, closed)

I refused to take part in the ouija bord at scout camp
If I could go back in time 20 years I would slap my 11 year old self for being such a pansy.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Fri 4 Jul 2008, 10:12, closed)

i really
can't say i believe a ghost is responding. what, to a pair of teenagers with some scraps of paper and a wineglass?? er. no.

but then again, it is a very very weird sensation when you KNOW you're not pushing it, but it's moving anyway. especially when it is really strong and quick.

same kind of thing as when you go to see a psychic, which i've only done twice. i don't believe they can contact the dead. i really don't. and 99% of it is guesswork based on what you give away yourself and a spooky manner.

but then both of them came out with a couple of things that they simply could not have known, which really made me think!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 4 Jul 2008, 10:18, closed)

You so should have kept that up!
Seems like quite a helpful tool that, never lose your keys again.
( Madam Marlboro wonders if you've found her yet, Fri 4 Jul 2008, 10:36, closed)

Its just like picking up the phone and pressing numbers
not knowing who will pick up the phone the other end.

The spirit world runs parallel to ours and on the whole we go un-noticed to them. (unless they are bound to a person, object, place).

A ouija board opens a door to the other side.. they then become aware of you.
(TheRiddler Hmmmmm... I concur., Fri 4 Jul 2008, 10:38, closed)