by Christine Little

Created on: July 13, 2009   Last Updated: July 18, 2009

The Ouija board, a strange and mysterious game played by thousands of people a day. You ask the Ouija questions and place your hands on a planchette and mysterious forces move the planchette across the board to give you an answer to your question. The game most often played around Halloween time has been under attack for years. The game has been deemed, Evil, a portal to hell, a Witch board and more. Thinking about all the horror stories I have heard over the years about this evil board. I of course had to play to pique my curiosity. Wondering to myself as well if the game was so bad, why would they even sell this in retail stores throughout the country? I have to admit that even I have had some strange experiences with this mysterious board. Is it all in the mind? Is it real? You play the game and you decide.

There of course are some things you should know about this mysterious board;

1. Never play it alone! They say spirits will take possession over you if you do.

If the planchette falls off the board a spirit might get loose. The board must be closed properly so evil spirits don't stay behind to haunt the owner. The evil spirits that contact you while using the board will tell you lies. If you place a silver coin on the board while using no evil spirits will come through. If you place the Ouija board in the bathtub with vinegar, you supposedly see the face of the devil himself.

These are just a few of the Ouija-stitions out there. There are a lot more.

I have a few strange experiences with the Ouija. One where a lamp actually lifted straight up in the air and moved across the room and dropped to the floor and broke. This happened while my friends and I asked the board stupid questions like, Who will I marry? When am I going to die? Typical stuff a teenager would ask. I also had an experience where lights flickered on and off while using the board. Another where my niece and I played the game and got spooked by some of the answers the spirits were giving us so we went to put the board away and somehow ended up with 3 Ouija boards. To this day we are still stumped about that. Is all this just a person's imagination running wild or from an actual spirit contact? I still have my Ouija board. I am tempted from time to time to drag it out and play.

So is it just a game or a portal to the unknown? You play and you decide.

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