by free will 55 Replies latest jw friends
I don’t know if this is relevant to this thread or not, but after leaving the Watchtower back 1979, I did dabble with the Ouija board for a while. Uh, I don’t think that’s a thing to fool around with by the way. I had some pretty spooky experiences with it. The kinda stuff that would be make ya realize there’s something out there we can’t ‘see’, and ain’t all of good.
Steve
Hey Steve what exactly happend when you used a ouija board? And what do you believe it was?
Well Micheal,
My first experience with a Ouija Board came on a date with beautiful woman who I got to know through work. She claimed to be a white witch (the good type I guess. Smile), and asked me if I would like to try out the Board? I said sure, whatever. I had no interest whatsoever in the board, uh, only what the evening may bring!
I had recently broke up with my girlfriend, and this was one of my first dates. About a year previous, my girlfriend had gotten pregnant. We found out too late while she was in the hospital that she was pregnant, because they forgot to ask her if she thought there was a chance she may be pregnant before several x-rays were taken. When the doctor told us the baby would almost certainly be deformed due to the x-rays, we opted to abort. My girlfriend’s mother offered to pay for the whole thing, and she did.
Anyway, that night on my date, I put my hands on the thing that moves across the Board and it started to move. At first I just thought she was moving it, and I went along with the gag. Then, the Board spelt out, W-O-M-B. I knew immediately right there that this thing somehow knew about the abortion. I just knew. Then the board started spelling over and over the initials, Z.A. Over and over and over. When my date asked me if I knew anyone by those initials, I said I did not. It kept on repeating the same two letters until finally it spelled out, S-T-U-P-I-D.
My girlfriend’s mother’s initials were Z.B., not Z.A. The nest day I called my old girlfriend and asked her what her mothers maiden name was, and it began with the letter, A. Z.A., then I got it. It not only knew about the abortion but even who paid for it! This really happened, I swear.
The very next day I got me my own Ouija Board and I began playing every night. What followed got even spookier . . .
I grew up in a haunted house and many of the places I have lived since then were haunted. We recently sold my mother's house (the same one I grew up in) and now OUR house is haunted. You see, though my hubby believes in these things we picked a house that was "quiet". Well no sooner did the spirits at my mum's hear that we were leaving and some followed us!
Sometimes it freaks hubby out, but I recognize all of them, the feelings are familiar, especially since some are family.
Totally freaked him out once though, sleeping in his apartment, which was in the basement of the house he grew up in, told him I could hear the dog barking, he said, well that's kinda funny since the only dogs are at your house. So I proceeded to tell him I didn't hear them like I heard my own dogs bark but like you hear something that isnt there anymore. LOL he could hardly believe it!!!
Diana
I belong to two paranormal field investigation groups... <hey! points stifle that laughter!>
We are doing a seminar at a haunted hotel, and then going on a field investigation through the city's haunted locations and some cemetaries in mid-September; then the other group is doing an "Ultimate Ghost Hunt" November 1. Ought to be lots of fun!
About a month ago, Discovery channel contacted our esteemed and fearless leader, and interviewed him at a haunted railroad crossing in San Antonio. They measured the road, the tracks, etc. They interviewed the equipment guy (with the thermal imaging setup). It was lots of fun and I got some great pics! But it wasn't very scary since everyone in the neighborhood heard that Discovery was there and the place was packed with cars waiting to go over the tracks. For more information about this site, please see:
http://paranormal.about.com/library/weekly/aa031201a.htm
Although Discovery discovered there is an incline in the road that makes your car go down over the tracks, it's still pretty eerie out there. Yikes!
Country Girl
of the "feeling like an a** class"
I grew up in a real life haunted house, so I have no need nor desire to go to any fake ones.
For those who wonder, yes, ghosts do exist. I don't believe that it was a demon though.
I hate the unexplainable...Steve that's some crazy shit.....I don't think I would have continued using the board. What happened next?
I think Steve's story is a perfect example of how remembering hits, forgetting misses, and post-hoc reasoning can make someone believe in the paranormal when there is absolutely no evidence.
rem
REM,
"Hits and misses" is a very good way to sum up my personal experiences with the Ouija Board. There were many times I tried to get the Board to work but it would only make nonsense comments. I gave up many times. That said, the "hits" as you call them were to my experience very real as well as to my guests who also experienced them. And the story I related earlier is as it happened, verbatim. Honestly, I don’t give a good shit whether you believe me or not. But your comment borders on calling me a liar or an idiot and it’s offensive. I have no agenda here to convince others, that seems to be what’s on your mind. I simply relate my experiences as they happened. If you have made up your mind that there is no such thing as another realm or another plain of existence, far be it from me to convince you otherwise. But please don’t try to discredit me by trying to discredit my experiences while in the process trying and prove your own.
Steve,
Perhaps I didn't make myself clear. I'm not disputing your story at all. In fact, I think your story is one of the most honestly told ouija board experiences I've heard. That's why I think it is so remarkably unremarkable. The story as told did not imply any type of paranormal activity as I read it, and yet people are very eager to believe based on such small amounts of non-evidence. What it comes down to is understanding human psychology. The explanation is more likely internal than external.
I didn't mean to offend, but I was trying to make a point that we many times ignore the more simple and rational explanations in favor of our superstitions.
rem
