I have read many stories on your site and I have always been interested in trying the ouija myself although I was a little skeptical. I say "was" because this past weekend 3 of my sisters and I tried out the ouija ourselves. I made a really simple ouija out of poster board and brought it with us on our vacation.
We put all of the young kids to bed and sent our husbands into a separate room so they would not disturb us. We began by placing an inverted drinking glass on the board and asking if there were any good spirits who would like to speak to us. Well, I have to say we were feeling pretty unpopular and goofy for about the first 20 minutes because nothing was happening. Then I felt a small pulse under one of my fingers and I asked my sisters if any of them had felt anything.
They all said they didn't, then I heard something in the kitchen behind us and I turned to look as did Mary, my oldest sister. She later told me she had heard something too.
During all of this my heart was doing some really funky flip flops, although I didn't feel scared at the time. Well, for some reason unknown to me, I broke into a hysterical laughing fit, which my sister Margie kept saying sounded evil. When I finally collected myself enough to continue, the glass moved.
It moved right to -GOODBYE. We were all kind of confused at that until Mary said maybe it is telling us that this is not a good idea. So she asked "Is doing this a good idea ?" And the glass moved directly to -NO. And at that moment she felt a big chill and broke out in total goosebumps, the hair on her arms was standing on end.
Needless to say, we all said goodbye to the ouija and let go of the glass. I did not sleep well at all that night. I felt like such a little kid, my heart was racing and I was afraid to open my eyes at all. I always felt like there was someone else in the room and at one point I thought I saw a bright light through my eyelids move across the room. I kept wishing the morning would hurry up so I could get up and go home.
Mary and I know we felt something that night and are not sure if we ever want to try the ouija again. But, like they say, "never say never". My other sisters Michelle and Margie haven't talked at all about it. I think they were a little freaked out though. I'm sure they are still trying to analyze the situation.
Well, I was curious and I tried it, and I think everyone should at one point. Thanks for letting me tell my story.