Unknown Secrets

Name:            Vijay
Email:           vgray@chickmail.com
Location:        Columbus, Ohio
Type:            Ghost
Date:            Wednesday, August 09, 2000
Time:            07:49 PM

Back in 1996, two of my friends at the time, Yvonne and Toni came over to spend the night. When they came into my room I was in the process of making a homemade ouija board out of plywood and black nail polish (that's what you call American know-how) anyway, they helped me make it and we layed it on my dresser to dry.

We went down stairs and watched some television, then messed around on my computer talking to some guys in a chat room, then around 3 am, we went back up to my room to see if the ouija board was dry. It was so we sat down on the floor with it and I lit a candle. We didn't know who to ask for so Toni asked "Is anyone there ?"

The cursor moved to YES. Yvonne asked who it was. The cursor spelled out R-A-C-H-E-L. Rachel. Yvonne and Toni both gasped. They asked what Rachel's last name was, and it spelled out C-A-N-T-E-R-B-U-R-Y. Canterbury. Rachel Canterbury was a friend of Yvonne and Toni's when they were in junior high. Their 8th grade year, Rachel was killed when she was taking a bath and a plugged-in hair dryer fell in the tub with her, electrocuting her.

So, Yvonne asked Rachel if there was something she wanted to tell us. The cursor spelled out B-J. BJ is the nickname of my one time best friend and local tramp Bobbie Jo. Toni asked Rachel what about BJ. The cursor spelled out K-E-E-P-H-E-R-A-W-A-Y-F-R-O-M-R-I-C-K-Y. Keep her away from Ricky. Ricky was Rachel's boyfriend at the time of her death. Bobbie Jo had slept with him on several occasions and Rachel hated Bobbie Jo...like most people did.

Toni asked Rachel if there was anything else and the cursor pointed to YES. Toni asked what was it and this spelled out IT ALL WILL END EVENTUALLY. What she meant by that was beyond any of us. So Yvonne asked what would end, and Rachel said THE PAIN. What pain ? Toni asked what she was talking about, and Rachel replied YOUR FRIEND WILL BE IN PAIN. Our friend ? She meant me. Then Rachel spelled out AND YOU WILL CAUSE HER THIS PAIN. She meant Yvonne and Toni would cause me pain but it would end eventually.

We thought nothing of it even though Yvonne was shaken up by Rachel talking to us. We went to sleep. Then around 10am, Bobbie Jo called me to tell me that Jennie (who is Rachel's cousin) was at the hospital because around 3am, her 10 month old son stopped breathing. Then very smartly she said "Oh, and I told her about your little ordeal and she wants you to call her." She meant that I slit my wrists because of a lot of problems I was having from my so-called friends. I called Jennie and Jennie told me everything okay, ending our phone conversation with "I will end eventually."

After excessive therapy, getting picked up by the police for cutting school, being raped etc. I was taken out of school by my parents. For a while my "friends" still called, but then they soon dispersed. And the pain of being their friend...ended.

2 years after all that, Jennie took me and her friends Tiffany and Adina to Rachel's grave on the anniversary of her death. I sat next to her grave and just looked at the headstone...I got a little teary-eyed but managed to say "Thank you" under my breath. I thanked her for letting me know ahead of time and giving me some signs that eventually the pain would end.

Even though I did not ever know this girl when she was alive, I knew most of her friends and her cousin...so I must have meant something to her.

This is a true story. I don't share it with people usually because it's creepy and depressing but I felt like sharing it with you because not all ouija boards are evil, they can help you.