# Ouija boards still claiming victims **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 9, 2023, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouija-boards-still-claiming-victims/980939 "2023-03-09T17:44:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouija-boards-still-claiming-victims/980939/21 "2023-03-10T04:01:27Z")
They own Magic: the Gathering, which deals with spirits as a creature type and has undoubtedly caused RL anxiety. Close enough? ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouija-boards-still-claiming-victims/980939/22 "2023-03-10T08:39:32Z")
Oooooh. If I were a demon hoping to possess the souls of someone trying to communicate with the afterlife by one of those boards, I’d definitely be afraid of using one with a cross-shaped planchette. That thing will give those kids a direct line to Jesus instead. or not. We had a Ouija board when I was a kid. I played some with friends and got nothing really entertaining out of it. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouija-boards-still-claiming-victims/980939/23 "2023-03-10T09:17:15Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Do any other Hasbro toys cause things like this to happen? They own Dungeons and Dragons, so… yes? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouija-boards-still-claiming-victims/980939/25 "2023-03-10T13:19:10Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > He had had been hiding under my bed, and he hit the switch on the surge protector, where I had my lamp plugged in. I was at a friend’s bar celebrating New Year’s Eve when the Y2K thing was happening. As midnight approached, my friend asked me if I thought the power would be going out at midnight. I pointed out that he had access to the bar’s power. When the countdown happened and the bar went dark, there were a few screams. One woman continued to cry after the lights were turned back on and the owner explained it was a prank. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouija-boards-still-claiming-victims/980939/26 "2023-03-10T15:33:16Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > He had had been hiding under my bed, and he hit the switch on the surge protector, where I had my lamp plugged in. Is Marc still among the living? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouija-boards-still-claiming-victims/980939/27 "2023-03-10T15:44:08Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Me and a bunch of my cousins were playing with a Ouijja board once in my room, and we did the whole, “spirits, are you here, send us a sign?” and all of a sudden, the light went out in my room. We all ran screaming out of the room, down the stares, and then my cousin Marc came down, laughing. He had had been hiding under my bed, and he hit the switch on the surge protector, where I had my lamp plugged in. Heh. My wife just sent me a TikTok with the caption “My daughter is playing with a Ouija board”. The camera shows a hand reaching out and flicking a circuit breaker. High-pitched screaming is suddenly heard from above. I told her I’d totally do that if it weren’t for the fact that I’d have to reset the clocks. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouija-boards-still-claiming-victims/980939/28 "2023-03-10T16:28:53Z")
If he is not, if only there was some method of communication… ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouija-boards-still-claiming-victims/980939/29 "2023-03-10T17:48:38Z")
Do it tomorrow night when you have to reset the clocks anyway. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouija-boards-still-claiming-victims/980939/30 "2023-03-10T18:41:36Z")
> [@racer72](#): > > I thought he forgot about that till the night before his 13th birthday when he told our mother he was going to die the next day. She said that was a bunch of nonsense. I never saw him so relieved the day he turned 14. He is still alive at 65. I wonder if, the night before his 31st birthday, he worried that the Ouija spirit might have been dyslexic 😏 ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouija-boards-still-claiming-victims/980939/31 "2023-03-10T18:50:22Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/J09kGPMV-Iw/maxresdefault.jpg "My Daughter is Upstairs Playing Ouija with her friends") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J09kGPMV-Iw) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2023, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouija-boards-still-claiming-victims/980939/32 "2023-03-13T11:00:05Z")
That’s the one! ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2023, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouija-boards-still-claiming-victims/980939/33 "2023-03-13T13:46:30Z")
Reminded me of a story a friend told me decades ago: When he was living at home, he and his bro and some friends were getting high in his bedroom. Unbeknownst to them, the brother started very gradually cranking down the dimmer switch until one of them had a mini freakout. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouija-boards-still-claiming-victims/980939.md?page=1)