Paryting with the Ouija Board

One very frosty night in 1963 a group of friends got together in Norfolk, England, to entertain themselves with the latest fad of their circle of friends. It was at 11:30 that night that four of these friends discovered that it was their night to die. After asking many questions, the four friends new the exact place, time, and reason for their deaths. The board had told them that it would be a car accident on an icy road at a few miles away at exactly one o’clock. A little stunned, the party decided to do whatever possible to cheat their fates and left and hour later than it would take them to get to the location of the accident. As the party filed out the door, the prediction of the board was nearly forgotten until when in the car the announcer on the radio says “The time is exactly one o’clock Central European time”(Meyers, Rau & Macklin 341). They realized that they had forgotten to change their clock for winter. Surprisingly, the group avoided the wreck because they were prepared.
I have heard of Ouija Boards many times throughout my life. My mom is completely convinced that they work, but I’m not so sure. As a child, I wanted nothing more than to just try one out. Now I am terrified of the thought just because of my terrible new found superstition that seems to grow every year. Though I have never seen, heard, or felt anything that would give me reason to be superstitious, I am still cautious to avoid anything that could bring me in the path of something potentially eerily dangerous, as some people are because of stories or legends that they have heard from people they know, or even sources completely unreliable. Most people have a healthy curiosity of the supernatural, and some are just gullible enough to believe everything they hear - as long as believing it will get them a thrill out of it.

Myers, Rau, Macklin, The Little Giant Book of "True" Ghost Stories. New York: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 1998.