Ouija

**pacha** · 23rd October 2007, 07:37 PM

Got talking to this woman the other night who had spent a few years having a dabble on the board. I told her that i dont believe any of it, but she went on and on about it so i sat and listened and gave her reasons for why these thing`s may seem to be happening whilst buggering around on the dreaded board.

But then she said that whilst using the board with friends one evening, she decided to have a break and sat and watched for a while and as the night went on she said that she asked a number of questions in her head whilst not putting her digit on the glass.

She told me that both questions that she asked, came back with the correct answers on the board.

I made my excuses and left cos i couldnt give an explanation for them, so i wondered if it was more of a case, of her talking out of her bottom just to try and impress.

Anyone have any thought`s on this or if they could explain.

**bobdezon** · 23rd October 2007, 07:43 PM

Ouija is a toy, nobody releases demons etc when they play scrabble (except perhaps the demon called THATSNOTAWORDYOUTIT)

Is this woman insisting that the glass moved to the words by itself unaided by human hands?

**pacha** · 23rd October 2007, 08:29 PM

No, she said that her friends kept their fingers on the glass while she asked the question`s.

**FarSideOfTheMoon** · 23rd October 2007, 08:33 PM

Ask her friends to wear blindfolds next time, while she asks the questions.

You see, it seems those spirits actually need to use our eyes, for any meaningful words to be spelt out. Funny that, innit.

**seren** · 23rd October 2007, 08:41 PM

I'd never thought of that FarSide.

I did a couple of impromptu Oujiamacallits when I was younger. One I remember quite distinctly was my friend wanting to speak to an inspirational teacher of hers who had died of cancer. His spirit's response to our calling? He carefully spelled out "F*ck off". Then when my friend got home later and switched on the hall light, the bulb blew. OOOoooooOOOOoo!

Proof if proof be need be (points for recognising that quote....).

Then we apparently contacted the grandfather of another friend, who said there was "evil in heaven" which was understandably rather upsetting to his grandson.

Clearly someone in our little group had a messed up head. :-\

**pacha** · 23rd October 2007, 10:07 PM

Originally Posted by FarSideOfTheMoon

Ask her friends to wear blindfolds next time, while she asks the questions.

You see, it seems those spirits actually need to use our eyes, for any meaningful words to be spelt out. Funny that, innit.

Well actually i thought of that but never mentioned it. I just dont see how that would have made a difference if she had asked the question in her head, as she did.
I mean if they are blind folded or if they are not, it makes no difference unless they are telepathic lol.

She`s just a litle quirky i guess lol, i mean what a load of rubbish.

**bobdezon** · 24th October 2007, 02:07 AM

Originally Posted by seren

Proof if proof be need be (points for recognising that quote....).

Chris morris.

Ok if she asked a question in her head like "am I 45?" and the board said yes. Then that answer could apply to anything really.

If she had asked where did I lose my backdoor key? and the answer was the dog ate it, itll crap it out on wednesday on our stairs. This would be more specific wouldnt it?

The ouija is only possible via two methods.

1: ideomotor effect
2: pranksters

pick your poison.

**MRT** · 24th October 2007, 08:55 AM

Pacha - you need to get full details before it is possible to judge anything. What were the 'questions' asked? What were the possible answers? What were the people at the board doing at the time? Were they informed that she was asking questions in her head or were the 'answers' actually for other questions asked out loud? The list of questions goes on and on. If the questions were yes/no type then it is no more remarkable than getting heads twice in a row when spinning a coin.

**pacha** · 24th October 2007, 08:27 PM

Originally Posted by MRT

Pacha - you need to get full details before it is possible to judge anything. What were the 'questions' asked? What were the possible answers? What were the people at the board doing at the time? Were they informed that she was asking questions in her head or were the 'answers' actually for other questions asked out loud? The list of questions goes on and on. If the questions were yes/no type then it is no more remarkable than getting heads twice in a row when spinning a coin.

Asked her what she said and she had asked what kind of car her father drove.The reason she asked was becuase she was sceptical.

The car he drove was an Allegro and it was blue and she swears that she was the only one in the room who knew this until the apparent spirit told her.
She then asked what school her son would attend, when he started at school.
The answer came and it was correct.

I think there is an element of delusion here.

**Admin** · 24th October 2007, 11:26 PM

Originally Posted by pacha

I think there is an element of delusion here.

It does seem very likely.

As we've been discussing on here over the last day or so, a delusion is merely a false belief (not the accusation of insanity that it's often taken as) and it's possible for a person to have falsely convinced themselves that something is true and are making their claim quite genuinely.

This is why it's so important to get documentary evidence of claims rather than rely on self-reporting or anecdotes.