March 19, 2003

Amanda, Beth, John, and Ryan



On March 19, 2003 I planned a "contact the dead" party with Amanda, John, and Ryan. This was our first time using the antique 1920's Ouija board.

We used the board for about one hour and thirty-three minutes, and during that time we talked with several spirits. I left my digital recorder on while we were using the board, so I have the exact questions we asked. Here are the answers we received:

Beth: Is anyone in the room with us?
Board: Yes

Ryan: Who are you?
Board: Harold (Harold is my great uncle's name...he just died in September, 2002)

Beth: Is it OK for us to talk to you?
Board: Yes

Ryan: Is there anything you want to tell us Harold?
Board: Yes

Beth: What do you want to tell us?
Board: Rest

Ryan: Are you resting where you are?
Board: No

Ryan: Why aren't you resting?
Board: Farm

Beth: Are you worried about the house?
Board: Yes

Ryan: Why didn't you talk to anyone when you were alive?
Board: Dale (Dale is my grandfather, Harold's brother)

Beth: Is it because of the fight you had with your brother?
Board: Yes

Beth: What was the fight about?
Board: Land and mom

Beth: What about your mom?
Board: I took care

Ryan: Did you take care of your mom?
Board: Yes

Beth: You thought the land should be yours because you took care of her?
Board: Yes

Amanda: Is Beth moving this?
Board: No

Ryan: Should we be talking to you, is this dangerous?
Board: Yes

Ryan: Why is it dangerous?
Board: Others

Ryan: Are there others in the room with us now?
Board: Yes

Beth: Are they good or bad?
Board: Half

Ryan: Is there anyone else besides Harold with us?
Board: Yes

Ryan: Anyone who came with Ryan?
Board: Yes

Ryan: Do they have a name?
Board: BK (after spelling BK the board stopped)

Ryan: Do you want to try to spell that again?
Board: Grandpa

Ryan: What is your name?
Board: George (Ryan's great grandfather's name was George)

Ryan: What's your last name?
Board: the board spelled out Ryan's great grandfather's last name, which is different than his last name...which means the rest of us wouldn't have been able to guess his last name and move the planchette!

Ryan: Why are you following me?
Board: akgnlove

Ryan: Does it have something to do with Granny?
Board: yes

Ryan: What was your address?
Board: 53 Dasy (this really was his address!)

Amanda: Is anyone following me?
Board: Seth

Ryan: Who is Seth?
Board: Spirit

Ryan: Are you helping Amanda?
Board: Yes

Ryan: Is there something you want to tell her?
Board: Yes

Ryan: Can you spell out what you want to tell her?
Board: Hang in there

Ryan: Did anyone come with John?
Board: (no movement)

John: Is there anyone following me?
Board: Yes

John: Who would that be?
Board: Fuck

John: Are you evil?
Board: No

John: We don't want to talk to you, so leave!


Ryan: Is there anyone else who came with Ryan?
Board: Yes

Ryan: What is your name?
Board: Palbgj

Ryan: Can you spell it again?
Board: Ma

Ryan: Can you finish spelling?
Board: Ry

Ryan: What is your middle name?
Board: June (Mary June is Ryan's grandmother)

Ryan: Are you resting?
Board: Yes

Ryan: Is there anything you want to tell me?
Board: Remember

Ryan: Remember what?
Board: Me

Ryan: Anything else you want to tell me?
Board: Good job

John: Are there any good spirits for me? ANY?
Board: no

John: Are any ghosts playing jokes on John?
Board: yes

John: Why?
Board: He is fun

John: I'm fun?
Board: yes

John: Who am I talking to?
Board: Dug

John: Do I know you?
Board: no

John: How do you know me?
Board: Town

John: What town?
Board: New Lexington

John: How do you know me? Have we ever met?
Board: No

John: Did you know someone in my family?
Board: Not really

John: Are you following me? Is there something you want to tell me?
Board: Stupid

John: I'm stupid?
Board: Yes

Amanda: Dug, you're funny!?
Board: Thanks Amanda

Amanda: Are you nice?
Board: No

Amanda: Are you joking?
Board: No

Amanda: Really?
Board: no

Amanda: Who is Seth?
Board: no response

Amanda: Do I know Seth?
Board: no response

Amanda: Is it still Dug?
Board: Yes

Ryan: Can we talk to Seth?
Board: I guess

Amanda: Do I know Seth?
Board: no

Amanda: But you came with me?
Board: yes

Amanda: Why?
Board: Guide

Ryan: Is there something you want to tell us?
Board: no

John: Is Amanda a good person?
Board: Yes

Amanda: Should we talk to Dug?
Board: No

Amanda: Is Dug bad?
Board: Mean

John: Does Dug follow me around?
Board: Sometimes

John: Do you know when he follows me around?
Board: Work

John: Do I need to get a new job?
Board: Yes

John: Am I going to get laid off?
Board: No

John: Would I be happier if I got a new job?
Board: Yes

John: Am I going to move to Philadelphia?
Board: Yes

John: This year?
Board: Yes

John: Will I like it there?
Board: Yes

John: Will I get a good job?
Board: Yes

John: Will I sell my condo?
Board: Yes

John: How much money will I sell it for?
Board: 85900

John: What month will I move to Philadelphia?
Board: November

Beth: Is there anyone else here with Beth?
Board: Yes

Beth: Where are they from?
Board: Cemetery

Ryan: Are they good spirits?
Board: Half

John: Is there something they want from her?
Board: Spirit

John: They want Beth's spirit?
Board: Yes

Amanda: Is this Dug?
Board: (pause) Yes

John: Hey Dug, can't you make my job a little easier? Why do you make me trip in the hallway?
Board: Idiot

John: Did you make me drop that glass today?
Board: Yes

Amanda: Are you lying?
Board: no

John: Are you the one who made me trip in the staircase yesterday?
Board: Yes

John: Why don't you pick on someone else instead of me?
Board: Easy

John: I'm easy? I'm an easy target?
Board: yes (spelled out instead of going to the upper left hand corner - Dug liked to spell!)

John: Do you pick on anyone else at work?
Board: no

Amanda: Are you going to Philadelphia with John?
Board: yes

John: How did you find me?
Board: Watching you dumbass

Ryan: What's going to happen with the second bedroom in the condo this weekend?
Board: Not clean

John: Am I going to end up marrying Sarah?
Board: yes

John: Is it because I'm an idiot?
Board: Yes

John: Hey Dug, when did you die?
Board: 1904

Ryan: How old were you when you died?
Board: 33

John: How did you die?
Board: a buggy

Ryan: A horse and buggy?
Board: yes

John: What town did you die in?
Board: Junction City

John: How long have you been following me?
Board: 25 years

John: Where did we meet?
Board: Tommy

John: Tommy?
Board: no response

John: Can you try spelling it again?
Board: Top Hat

John: I wasn't at the Top Hat 25 years ago
Board: So what

John: How did you meet me if I wasn't at the Top Hat?
Board: School

John: What school did I go to?
Board: Saint Rose

Beth: Could you tell me who's knocking over the candleholders?
Board: Frank

Amanda: Do you know Beth?
Board: yes

John: How do you know her?
Board: Dad

Ryan: How do you know Beth's dad?
Board: no answer

Beth: What's your middle name?
Board: Ralph (I called my parents and found out that my dad's dad was Frank Ralph)

Amanda: Are you joking with us?
Board: no

Amanda: Well, why do you keep knocking the candleholders over?
Board: So you don't forget the Santore family (this sentence was spelled out REALLY fast and my hands weren't even on the planchette most of the time since I was still on the phone!)

Beth: Should my mom come over?
Board: No

Beth: Why not?
Board: She would be scared

Ryan: Do I have any spiritual guides with me?
Board: yes

Ryan: What's your name?
Board: Dug

John: You follow Ryan too?
Board: I follow all

Amanda: How can he follow all of us?
Board: Rotate

John: What days do you have me?
Board: MIW

John: Hey, what's your last name Dug?
Board: Hole

Amanda: Are you lying?
Board: No

All of us laughed about talking to a spirit named "Dug Hole" ?
Board: Redneck (spelled out while we were laughing)

John: Hey, what did you do for a living Dug?
Board: Ditches

Ryan: Is George still here?
Board: Yes

Ryan: What did I find when I was about eleven years old in your cabinet when you died? I kept them for a long time
Board: Kane

Ryan: What else did I find in your workshop?
Board: bobnh

John: Can you respell it?
Board: yes

John: Ok, go ahead.
Board: mondugdug

Beth: Is this Dug?
Board: Yes

John: Hey Dug, are you attached to this board?
Board: yes

John: How come you didn't talk the last time?
Board: I was busy fucking

Ryan: Who?
John: It wasn't me was it?
Board: no

Amanda: Are you the reason the lady sold the board so cheap?
Board: yes

Beth: Do you like to share?
Board: no

Beth: Will we only be able to talk to you if we use this board?
Board: no

John: But a lot of the time it will be you?
Board: Yes

John: Hey, what's your final thing you're going to tell us tonight?
Board: Piss off

It'll be interesting to see whether or not we do end up talking with Dug Hole again!



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