Everyone knows Ouija boards are dangerous, don't mess with them right? But eventually, you'll try it, for curiosity's sake. This story came from my mom. She and her best friend were about sixteen and they were trying to get in touch with spirits.
They had darkness, candle light, a full moon and an Ouija board. They sat in the middle of the room in a protective circle. At midnight they began. They asked questions like how many children they would have, what there husbands names would be and how many people were in the room. It answered none of their questions; it stayed still unless one of the decided to try and move it, but it didn't budge. No cheating allowed, I guess.
The third time they asked how many people were in the room, the board shook and the pointer was ripped from them and slammed into the wall and the glass broke, then the board joined it and slid slowly down the wall. Their candles then blew out and they sat in darkness until they were so scared, they bolted for it. They raced outside into the lawn and under the street light where it was safe. Her brother came home and found them crying in the street and thought someone had attacked them.
They went back inside to find there chalk circle broken in five places.
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There is a skeptic's theory called ideomotor response which says that the planchette movement is caused by subtle automatic muscular action.
There is another skeptic's theory that claims all events connected to the use of the board are only reflections of the mental content of the participants, particularly their memories.
As an outside observer, the problem with the last theory above is apparent in cases wherein someone accurately relates facts from the past or present which their memory has had no access to.
Many cases of this type are available, but one on this site is the story entitled Daring Spirits With A Ouija Board. In this case, realtime info not previously recieved into the mind of the inquiring participant was verified in the presence of witnesses.
Other cases that contrast with the logic of the belief that Ouija boards only draw on what's already in the mind are those in which the things experienced in connection with the use of the board are new in the lives of those using it, and are longstanding.
It is doubtful that all of these people have been abused earlier in life so as to have an abuse-filled subconscious for the board to draw upon, as some skeptics teach.
It could be said that someone watching horror movies would in time develop a mental closet, so to speak, that housed the raw material needed to produce common feelings of fright in certain situations.
But the myriad cases of prolonged physical and mental abuse suffered in association with the use of Ouija boards represent another kind of fear experience altogether.
Some of these cases include those who had never experienced what to them are supernatural events prior to their contact with the board; they wake up from peaceful sleep and see, hear, or feel unexplainable manifestations by pattern or at random and whether or not they approve of it.
Stories like Don't Mess With Ouija Boards, and Ouija Board In The Basement on this site show occurrences hard to explain away as the results of random mind energy. To those who live through them, events like those give the singular impression of having been created and controlled by something able to demonstrate a will and an intelligence not originating within their own selves.
Many cases include the hearing of clearly audible speech.
I suppose that would be a very strong subconscious which could repeatedly talk out loud to its owner.
Even if we grant the subconscious mind authority over all our brain states (beta, alpha, theta, and delta), or grant the theory of spontaneous telekinesis, the issues of real applied external force involved in many of these experiences, and of extended reoccurrence of events far out of the ordinary, would still not be resolved.
Some cases may involve personal medical issues.
But those that do not, if they amount to even 1% of total cases, still present a logic problem for the skeptic beliefs earlier mentioned.
In spite of opposition raised against the idea, continuous reports indicate that Ouija boards and supernatural beings are obstinately set on sticking together.