The first in a series of four stories about the same area. I'm posting this for entertainment only, I do want to add that I don't agree with 90% of the opinions formed about Ouiji boards. Ask me why, and I'll tell you. Otherwise, read on!

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Mt. Holyoke Stories

Newsgroups: alt.folklore.ghost-stories
From: lawrence.pilon@the-spa.com
Subject: MT HOLYOKE SPOOKS 6
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 94 02:56:23

My very lazy sister related the following story to me. It seems that in the Pearsons, where my sisters friends roomed, they liked to play with the ouija board. The important thing to note is that generally this dorm is party dorm. There is lot of negative energy in the building due to all the problems and stress that the occupants experience.

My sister was told this by a very knowlegeable senior who was into the occult when they invited her to join them in their ouija game. She warned them it was very dangerous to participate in this activity there. She was so scared that she did not even want to touch the box.

They didn't heed her warning and proceeded with what they thought was a game. They lit candles and placed them all over the room. The lights were kept on also in an effort to attract good spirits. They also washed their their "Crystals" in salt in order to purify them to ward off evil spirits. Some insence was also burned. They began by putting the board on the floor and asked questions. At first the pointer moved and spelled out jibberish. My sister was one of the Pointer operators. Her hands were normal temperature for the first couple of minutes. She then began to feel as if her hands grew colder and that the tips of her fingers were being pressed upon. The tips of her fingers also felt very warm. The pointer began to move very eratically and violently across the board. The pointer even flew off the board. They initially had asked the board silly questions like whom they were going to marry, but no questions had been posed to the board when the pointer went out of control. The room began to really cool down and the candles began to flicker even though the windows were closed tightly.

They then proceeded to put the board on their legs because everyone wanted to sit closer together for security and to keep each other warm. The movement of the pointer continued to be eratic and their legs, where the board touched them, became numb and cold. The board stopped it' eratic movements and everyone felt it would be good to call it a night.

Later in the week and for a couple weeks later, the occupants of the room experienced many strange phenomena. They had their sheets pulled off them, a comforter (a heavy one) was pulled completely off the bed. Objects, like books, could be heard to fall within the room, but when they looked everything was normal and no books could be found. They also heard a knocking at their window, which could not have been done by anyone since they lived on the top floor of Pearson. They were thouroughly spooked.

They decided not to play with the ouija any more in the building. They did go to a local cementary, but nothing happened. They were all disapointed, but none of the Pearsons residents wanted to volunteer their room to be haunted by a Ouija Spirit.