The Scary Science Behind the Ouija Board

When I was a teenager, nothing was as terrifying as watching the movie The Exorcist. The story tells the tale of Regan, a 12-year-old girl who uses the family Ouija board to ask questions of “Captain Howdy” — a demon who takes possession of her soul. Generous head-spinning and pea-soup spitting ensue. As an adolescent girl, I found the movie so thoroughly horrifying that (duh) my BFFs and I just had to play Ouija at our next sleepover. For those unfamiliar with Ouija (pronounced WEE-gee), here’s how it goes: Two or more people sit around the board. It’s flat, with the letters of the alphabet laid out in semi-circles above the numbers 0 through 9, plus the words “Yes,” “No,” “Hello,” and “Goodbye.” <a href="https://medium.com/wise-well/the-scary-science-behind-the-ouija-board-941550c4c0a0">Website</a>