Ouija Spirits

From: Jennie  (jinxed105@earthlink.net)
Story type: Ghost
Location: My Home in Sacramento, California
Source: Form Submission

I bought an Ouija board a few years back, thinking it would be a fun game to try, and coaxed my roommate into trying it out with me. She has always been able to touch on communication with the "other side", so we were rather excited about the game. Once we started playing, though, things went terribly wrong. Sarah (I changed her name for her own sake) began to shake, as though someone had grabbed her shoulders ad was trying to rouse her. Suddenly, I felt a HOT (no, not icy) grip on my own arms, but I wasn't being shaken. Just grabbed. It was as though something was preventing me from reaching over to her. It was probably only a few moments before she stopped shaking, but it felt like an eternity. Once she stopped, Sarah went completely limp. The heat in my arms went away, and I glanced down. While the temperature on my arms felt like nothing more than sunlight, there were (and still are) burn marks in the shape of slender fingers. I threw the board into the fireplace and hastily burned it. I watched the pieces burn and crisp and wilt away, until there was nothing but ashes. Then I went back to Sarah. She was sitting, slumped over, as if asleep. I reached over to her, and felt that she was as cold as if she had been outside. When she finally looked up, she did not remember anything that had happened, until she saw the burns on my arms. I told her I burned the board, but when we turned around, it was sitting, with not a mark or singe, in front of the fireplace. There was a whisper, stating what exactly would happen if I ever tried that again. Since that night, our home has been consistently plagued by restless ghosts, both angry and benign. I have sworn to never touch an Ouija board again, and the marks on my arms and shoulders will forever be a reminder.