Ouija boards still claiming victims

[Leaper]

They own Magic: the Gathering, which deals with spirits as a creature type and has undoubtedly caused RL anxiety. Close enough?

[Mama_Zappa]

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.

[Alessan]

@Czarcasm

Do any other Hasbro toys cause things like this to happen?

They own Dungeons and Dragons, so… yes?

[kayaker]

@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.

[carnivorousplant]

@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?

[Gyrate]

@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.

[Dr_Paprika]

If he is not, if only there was some method of communication…

[markn_1]

Do it tomorrow night when you have to reset the clocks anyway.

[solost]

@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

[Hampshire]

My Daughter is Upstairs Playing Ouija with her friends

[Gyrate]

That’s the one!

[Son_of_a_Rich]

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.