A Ouija Board Phenomenon

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Story type: Channeling
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Source: Form Submission
Date submitted: Sun Jun 13 20:59:59 2010

It was March, 2010, the first day of my freshman year spring break. I was hanging out with my friends Emma and Graesen, at Emma's house. She happened to have a ouija board in her closet, which she said she got vintage from her grandma and it dated back to the 1950s.

We took it down and set it up on her bedroom floor, lit a white candle, and turned out the lights. We put our fingers lightly on the planchette and, a couple questions later, we had summoned a spirit named Henry who told us he was stabbed and murdered by an unknown killer at the age of 15 in 1975. His parents were abusive, and although he wouldn't tell us his last name, his parent's names or where he lived, it seemed he knew everything about us three. He named my parents' names, my sister's, our friends, grandparents, siblings, etc.

Then, we made a big mistake by asking if he could give us a sign of his presence, as if the eerie feeling in the room wasn't enough. All of a sudden, the candle blew out on its own (there was no draft, considering the weather was quite warm) and we all screamed. Then, Graesen's cell phone started turning on and off and while it was sitting on the floor next to her, without her touching it, called my cell phone by itself, which was also sitting next to me. I felt and heard someone breath down my neck, and the sketchiest thing of all, when Emma got up to go to the bathroom, the board actually moved up and down.

Soon after, Emma's mom came in to check on us and the board went crazy, spelling out how Henry "hated psychics" (Emma's mom does psychic readings) and threatening Emma and I with hate-filled remarks about how we're psychics too. Later on in the evening, my dad came by to get me. We quickly shoved the board into the closet (bad idea: as I later read on, when you're ready to leave, you should move the planchette to goodbye and flip the board over).

That night, I didn't sleep a wink. I was so freaked out about the whole experience. I kept seeing black figures standing in my room, and I experienced some hardcore vertigo. I could have sworn I even felt my mattress shake.

In the months that followed our seance, Emma, Graesen, and I started experiencing unexplainable events. Sometimes our clothes, textbooks, phones, etc. went missing and then randomly turned up out of nowhere when we shouted "Henry, give me my (phone, book,...) back!". No matter where we were or what we were doing, we always felt a presence following us everywhere or someone standing directly behind us. One time, I had a friend over who, when we entered my room, said he felt a weird vibe and he freaked out when I tried to close my door. Even my sister experienced unexplainable phenomenon, like things being misplaced on her desk and having the urge to run and get out of where she was sitting, especially the hallway or my parents' room.

Two moths later, we were at Emma's house again with the addition of two other friends, Austin (Graesen's boyfriend) and Bianca. We pulled down the ouija board and as soon as we put our fingers on the planchette, it spelled out "Henry". When he started telling us how Austin should leave Graesen and start dating me. Austin was outraged and started calling Henry names. We decided to put away the ouija board (properly this time). We experienced nothing but that same presence after that second encounter.

At a sleep-over at Graesen's house in June with my sister and our good friend Paula, we pulled out her ouija board (also vintage) and tried to conjure up Henry once again successfully. He seemed to know a lot about Paula and my sister too and even asked us questions. He was still set on his plans for Austin to break up with Graesen and get together with me, stating I was lying to myself about having feelings for him. Again, after that, there were no signs of his presence except that eerie feeling of being watched over.

This is a completely true story. I've used the names with permission from my friends, and I'm going to warn you, whoever is reading: NEVER fool around with a ouija board unless you have researched how to have a safe seance that is performed correctly. Trust me, I KNOW the consequences.

~Jordan