EAST COAST PARANORMAL RESEARCH TEAM

I do not believe that you are able to contact the dead using a piece of cardboard with the alphabet on it. If anyone is up to the task of proving me wrong, I maintain an open mind and will listen to your claim. Here is my theory on how the Ouija board works. I believe that the Ouija board is nothing but a self hypnotizing board game. All hypnosis is self hypnosis. Everyone has heard stories about the Ouija board and how renown it is for contacting "The other side". That renown builds expectancy for someone who has never used the Ouija board before. What that expectancy does is creates belief in non-analytical people that something paranormal will take place. In example, if you were not local to my town and I told you that there was a gas station a quarter mile down the road you probably wouldn't question that. So what happens while using the Ouija board is, subconsciously, the answers spelled out are the answers created in the user's subconscious mind. The subconscious mind controls everything you do internally. Your heart beat, breathing, everything you do without thinking. Your subconscious mind can also generate involuntary movement. Which may be why the pallet is only able to move with your hands on it. These answers spelled out are either to scare others or oneself, or to comfort the user. (Mostly communication with a deceased relative or friend.) This is why you cannot use the Ouija board while blindfolded. Your subconscious mind needs vision to spell.

People who contact the same "spirit" every time, are sucessful because they expect that to happen, so their subconscious mind makes it happen. They create the answers they want or others want. The better your imagination the more active the Ouija board session will be. People who never have any luck with using the board are usually skeptics. Most skeptical people are also highly analytical and are not willing to be hypnotized. This is because their conscious mind is always in defense, blocking the door to the subconscious. These sort of "Close minded people" are highly unlikely to have any experiences using the Ouija board.