So is that story true? Perhaps..but I'll get on to that in a second. Knowing human nature as I do Ron's story was probably not as scary as it sounds. Truth is, human nature dictates that we will exgagerate our stories and experiences when we can ...yes you do it too! You know you do. This doesn't make us bad people or liars, we are storytellers and entertainers and we want to be popular and for people to like us. Yes ok... some people will also deliberately move the pointer for whatever reasons, but this fact alone doesn't quite explain Ouija boards ..but it fuckin helps. We need something else.
The Ideomotor function is a psychological phenomenon tested and proven time and time again to be the cause of this nonsense. Put simply it is the unconcious motion of your hands during a very suggestive state. Some examples of this phenomenon can be found on Derren Brown television specials (apart from conjuring, hypnosis etc... Derren Brown using the Ideomotor fuction to demonstate table tipping and the necklace hold during stage shows), while we dream we sometimes imitate our dream self, during testing on 'dowsers' (water finders etc), body language and numerous other instances. Some of you will be great at this - you're the guys on stage clucking like chickens under hypnosis, ....but some of you will not. During a seance with an Ouija board one of the participants will probably be one of the former personalities and will be the one moving the pointer, during a seance where all the participants are aware of the specific spirit they are trying to contact the effect will be stronger as more than one will be expecting the same answers.
If you don't believe me I can give you the final proof you seek, first...no significant information ever comes out of sessions that at least one person present didn't already know, no murder case has EVER been solved using this system...despite what you may have read or currently believe....it has never happened!! and second..
IF YOU WANT TO DO A SEANCE WITH AN OUIJA BOARD HERE'S WHAT YOU DO....
1. Blindfold everyone taking part. No loose hankercheifs that will allow gaps down the nose (classic mind reading trick) it must be absolutly obvious that nobody taking part could posssibly see ANYTHING.
2. One person must be watching the whole process but NOT a participant!! It should also be filmed.
3. The board must be covered until the blindfolds are in place.
In many countries these things are only sold in toy shops and thats where they belong.