Screaming Ghost

by Laura
(Naperville, IL)

I had an unusual experience about 10 years ago with a Ouija board (the first and last time I ever used one). I was at a friend's house. There were four of us - two boys and two girls - in my friend's bedroom. The moment we began asking questions, the pointer (I'm not sure what this piece is actually called) began moving. We all thought that one of us was moving it until we all pulled our hands away. The pointer was moving erratically on the board by itself!

The ghost claimed to have died in 1957 in a car crash and called himself "Randy." We asked him if he felt comfortable talking with us and what he thought of us. He answered that me and my girlfriend were "SXY" and the boys we were with were "EVL." It was very strange. He even spelled out my name when we asked where he was standing ... behind me. I remember feeling my heart pounding and I couldn't believe this was all really happening. I don't think any of us did, since we asked him to prove his presence further by doing something else to make himself known. He told us he would scream. We sat, hearing absolutely nothing but silence. Suddenly, my friend's mom burst open the bedroom door demanding that we keep it down and to stop screaming! We told her that we didn't make a sound, but she didn't believe us. She said she could hear us screaming from all the way downstairs.

After she left the room, we asked Randy if that was him. He replied, "Yes."

Later, when I was getting ready to drive home, I realized that I couldn't find my car keys. I looked everywhere. My friends decided to take the Ouija board out again to ask Randy where they were. The second we opened that board it was as if we never put it away, as if Randy never left after we put the board back in the box. He said that my keys were in my car. Sure enough, I went outside to my car, only to find that my keys were locked inside and in the ignition. I had to call my father with the spare set and the car had to be jumped because the battery was dead. It was the most bizarre experience I have ever had, but I wouldn't recommend that anyone messes with a Ouija board. You never know what kind of spirit you are inviting into your life.

And so I leave you with that.