To want to do a ouija board?

[CassandraGoth]

I’ve tried to prove to myself that ghosts exist for years. I’ve stayed in “haunted hoteld”, travelled to “ the most haunted island” etc and nothing has ever happened.

I want to do a ouija board ... as final proof that the supernatural does not exist but nobody will do one with me, not even people m that “don’t believe” or people that “want to believe” etc

I’ve done one on my own but nothing happened. AIBU for wanting someone to just humour me with this?

#Cocobean30 - thank you, I think you’re correct, I’d never though I’d that way before.

I’m with @BodiesMakeForGoodFertiliser

@BirdMascara I'm a priest.

@Lycanthropology You just summed up my feelings on religion perfectly.

I have gone a few before. Most of the time nothing happened. But there was one time in my 20s I did it with two friends at a friend's house. My friend's mother apparently came through, knowing things only she could know and my friend was crying, really upset. We used the rule of asking to leave the board before taking your finger off the glass. I was the only left at one point and whether it was my imagination or not, it was as if the glass was trying to move and was shaking. I was terrified driving home that night. I am still skeptical but at the time, very scary.

Please, don’t do it.

You've already done it and nothing happened! There's your proof!

I'm a firm believer in ghosts and the afterlife but I never in a million years do a Ouija board.
My friend's aunt did one when she was a teenager. Something happened to her which still to this day she does not speak about and she never went near another Ouija board again.
If you do decide to do one, approach with caution. But I'd air on the side of caution and stay away.

Don’t do it.

As a teenager I had a friend who messed about with one of these things, had some weird messages come through, ended up with mental health problems and got sectioned.

Oh HELL no!

Can I suggest a new variant: ouija bingo Tick off as you hear each of these:

• Don't meddle in things you don't understand

• Portal for demonic forces

• My aunty's friend ...

• My aunty's friend's aunty

• No good will come of it

• Bad energy

• The lightbulb exploded

• You won't be laughing when ...

• I don't hold with it

• Things only she could have known

• flew across the room

• Materialisation of Beelzebub (bonus points)

GoatyGoatyMingeMinge

I'd add displease God as well.

@GoatyGoatyMingeMinge

You forgot the plain and simple “just don’t”, “no way” “please don’t do this” and “not on your nelly” type responses.

Eloquent, helpful, insightful and persuasive, every one.

Oooh I wouldn't... but I won't even say candy man 5 times in the mirror...

My siblings and I did this when we were teenagers. It did work and the glass moved and spelled things out in answer to our verbal questions. I don't think my siblings were cheating, but I can't know for sure. It seemed that my youngest sister was the "medium" and she refused to do it again after watching "The Exorcist".

I also did it once with a university tutor, a different sister and a group from our class, but nothing happened that time.

I don't think I'd do it again now.

I bought a Ouija board to use with my friends. We gave it a go and it spelled out "Ah ah ah yeah, stayin' alive, stayin' alive"...

Turns out I'd bought a Bee Gee board by mistake...

My friends and I used to do ouija boards all the time as teenagers, I pretty sure the board we made is still hidden in the loft space of my parents garage, along with the glass we used.

I’m fairly sure my friend was pushing the glass though, no bad has come of it so far, but I don’t think we ever really got through to the other side.

Oooh I wouldn't... but I won't even say candy man 5 times in the mirror

Yer doin' it wrong , it's three times. If you get to four then he's not listening

Listen to the Dollop podcast episode ‘the talking board’ instead. Once you know it was made as a board game by Mattel and then taken over by opportunists to exploit mourning people.

....you might change your mind.

Sorry I got distracted and forgot to end my sentence coherently!

Me and my friends did one on Halloween. We raised the spirit of Bruce Forsyth! He said he was in hell which was worrying. We wish him all the best.

We raised the spirit of Bruce Forsyth! He said he was in hell which was worrying

it might be a tad late to wish him the best if he's in hell....

I know but we had to say something!

Friends and I raised some sort of spirit with a Ouija board once. We asked "How did you die?"
"I- W-A-S- K-I-S-S-E-D" It responded.
We were puzzled, until it continued:
"S-O-R-R-Y - A-U-T-O-C-O-R-R-E-C-T"

I would leave well alone OP

If you decide to go ahead, can I ask how you will accept should you get what you’re searching for..i.e. a reply!

I’m 50 and went through this phase at school. A teacher overheard us discussing it and we were frogmarched to the headmaster. Our parents were summoned immediately . We then got the bollocking of a lifetime.

Were suspended from school. My dad who was never in the slightest religious and usually stayed out of mum telling us off...told me in a tone of voice to leave it alone.

Later we found out that the headmasters roommate whilst at university (very very intelligent) had dabbled with a ouija board and something happened that defied logic...he couldn’t accept what he’d seen and it sent him daft...he was finally admitted into a asylum.

Leave it alone.