I was reading my hometown newspaper on-line and they announced a “Scary Story” contest for their Halloween edition. I just got a call and they told me I won first prize - $100.
I have told this story before here on the boards - and it is absolutely true:
When I was in Junior College, Kathy was one of the gang I hung around with and would see at parties. Kathy had a thing for the supernatural and was always trying to organize a seance or get someone to use the Ouija board with her. At one party, everyone else was running around as usual and Kathy roped me into sitting with her at the Ouija board. Kathy was dating a guy named John so it came as no surprise when her first question was, “will I marry John?”
The Ouija moved to YES.
Kathy was quite pleased and said, “How many children will we have?”
The Ouija moved to 3 and then to O.
Kathy seemed perplexed…even in her ambitious dreams, 30 kids seemed a little out of the question, so she tried again.
“How many children will we have?”
The Ouija moved to 3 and then to 0.
I could see Kathy’s face scrunch up but no one could ever accuse her of not being a determined woman so again she asked, “How many children will we have?”
Again the Ouija moved to 3 and then to 0.
By now, Kathy was a bit disgusted and we ended the Ouija session before I even had a chance to ask anything, but that was fine with me. Shortly after that party, I moved away.
Fast forward to 20 years later. I came back to town to visit and was asking my friend Janet about the old gang. Everyone seemed to have moved on and was happy and then I said, “Oh, how is Kathy doing?” I hadn’t seen her since that party and the Ouija night.
Janet smiled, “Fine. She married John, you know.”
I didn’t know, but was glad to hear it and said, “do they have any kids?”
Janet shook her head and said, “no. She has had three miscarriages.”
My blood ran cold.
Twenty years earlier, Kathy had asked, “How many children will we have” and the Ouija had said, “3 and 0”
