# Ouija Boards - I used to think it was bull until...... **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [February 19, 2009, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouija-boards-i-used-to-think-it-was-bull-until/486528 "2009-02-19T09:46:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 121
**Author:** ![lekatt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lekatt/32/7269_2.png) [@lekatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lekatt)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouija-boards-i-used-to-think-it-was-bull-until/486528/121 "2009-02-19T19:16:51Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > I have had some contact with people who “believe” in Ouija boards, and I offer their explanations without comment. > > The entities on the other end of the Ouija board are almost without exception those known as “elementals”. A virus would make a handy analogy. They are not “supernatural”, the simply represent a form of energy we do not understand. They thrive on attention and “play” the Ouija user like a cold read con man, looking for the buttons to push to keep your attention. They are not smart, they don’t even know what you know, and cannot tell you anything you don’t know with any more reliability. That answer, surprisingly, is a good one with just a few tweaks. Elementals are spiritual, meaning you can’t see them. They are not entities, more like fragments of entities. They do love to play and fool anyone that will listen. When you play the board it is likely you will get them, unless you have a guide to run them off in order to reach whomever you want to speak with. Now even the smartest spirit will not give you the lottery numbers because the numbers are not known until drawn. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouija-boards-i-used-to-think-it-was-bull-until/486528)._