Oujia boards

oregonzoo
oregonzoo Posts: 4,251 Member
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Anybody used one? Anybody have a scary Oujia board story?

As for myself none, I'm scared to death of them!

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  • 76tech
    76tech Posts: 1,455 Member
    Several times, no scary stories though.
  • coliema
    coliema Posts: 7,646 Member
    I've used one with my cousin and my sisters once, just to scare ourselves. Nothing scarey happened though, I don't really believe in all of that.
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    In elementary and middle school, but not as an adult.

    My cousin had one and whenever we used it with one of her friends, it ALWAYS moved. But when my cousin and I tried to use it just the two of us, it never did.

    Gee. I wonder why? :wink:

    As a kid, that movie Witchboard scared the crap out of me. I watched it a few months ago and it was not scary. At all.
  • Toumani
    Toumani Posts: 78 Member
    No need to be scared of them. The Ouija board started out as a simple parlour game at the turn of the century. Then during WW1 some nutjob occultist somehow added the whole "talking to spirits" bit, ie the board can be used for divination.

    Here's a great explanation of the ouija board by our good friend Penn & Teller in an episode of their excellent series "Bullsh*t":

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykvd__Wv9po

    If you haven't watched their other episodes debunking ridiculous occultisms and superstitions, you should watch it, very funny stuff!
  • oregonzoo
    oregonzoo Posts: 4,251 Member
    No need to be scared of them. The Ouija board started out as a simple parlour game at the turn of the century. Then during WW1 some nutjob occultist somehow added the whole "talking to spirits" bit, ie the board can be used for divination.

    Here's a great explanation of the ouija board by our good friend Penn & Teller in an episode of their excellent series "Bullsh*t":

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykvd__Wv9po

    If you haven't watched their other episodes debunking ridiculous occultisms and superstitions, you should watch it, very funny stuff!
    THAT is a great series, I enjoyd it.
  • crazy_indeed
    crazy_indeed Posts: 138 Member
    Wow, last time I used a Oujia board was in elementary or middle school, it was my friends birthday and we were camping. Six girls gathered around the Ouijia board asking if there were ghosts in the tent. Of course, the response received was a slow moving Y-E-S. We jumped up screaming and ran out the tent......I think if the response was N-O, we would have done the same thing. Oh to be young. :smile:
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
    I'm scared of them too. My sister's friend apparently brought one over for a sleepover and they used it in her room. I couldn't explain it then, but there was a point in my life that peering into my sister's room with the lights out would give me a panic attack. Didn't find out about the Ouija board incident until years later.

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