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BlackBird  ·  4034 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Strange and Mysterious History of the Ouija Board

What a fantastic read, thanks for finding and posting this!

I've always been fascinated by Ouija boards, and the rest of the occult, supernatural, unexplained phenomena etc, although I've never used one. For that matter I haven't seen one in person either, but then again they were never as big a 'thing' in Australian social circles/history. The article mentioned they're for sale in board-game aisles, is this still a thing today? i.e. could I walk into a Walmart, KMart etc and pick one up?

Part of me has been tempted over the years to try using one, one day. My sister and I have both had minor events that can't rationally be explained, and we're both open-minded on these topics. A few years ago when I last spoke to her about Ouija boards, she wanted no part of it whatsoever, and left me with a pretty good summation: if something happened, and a 'door' was opened that you could no longer close, then what?

What say you Hubski? Has anyone had positive/negative/unexplainable experiences, or thoughts in general towards use of Ouija boards?