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spillage said:No offense but....don't you have to be just a little bit insane to believe in ouija boards?
Do you mean people who believe in Ouija boards from a paranormal POV? if that was the case I'm sure I know a high percentage of *insane* people, on the other hand I would hazard that it is more than likely down to their own *suggestibility* or inability to cross-reference an experience with something other than the paranormal rather than a mental health issue.
Take for example the glass or the planchette moving, imo I believe that in most cases it is down to the people using the Ouija board subconciously, moving the *pointer*. I believe that to be the most logical explanation, in lieu of any other evidence to either prove or negate conclusively whether the Ouija Board does actually work in the way it is said to, in that it contacts the dead/demons whatever. I can't say that I could prove this by using scientific methods but that is what I do believe until I am proved wrong etc..
Like I say, I would certainly know a high number of people who would be classed as *insane* when it comes down to believing in Ouija Boards and the paranormal in general. Most of my mates and family actually.
As far as Ouija Board experiences go, I've used one once. A lightbulb *blew* in the next room to us whilst we were messing about. The glass we used as a pointer never moved at all but with the lightbulb going, if we had been in a serious mood I have no doubt we would have been scared witless, apart from being just being left jumpy. IIRC we laughed about it and then went and watched Halloween. I didn't go away from the Ouija board feeling like we had contacted anything or that the lightbulb was specifically linked to the use of it.