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You cannot summon any spirits or demons by using the ouija board. I played it many years ago because I was curious about it and had read about it, and I guess when you are young you are much more naive and easily influenced than when you get older. Nothing happened when I played the ouija board. Nothing happened when others I know played it. I found it very boring.

The ouija board is just a game that you can buy in most toy stores and department stores, an ordinary piece of wood or plastic or cardboard. It has no supernatural powers. It does not communicate with the dead and it does not contact spirits. It does not open any portals to the underworld or to anywhere else. The people using the ouija board make it work through ideomotor movement. Here are a few links that discuss ouija boards and how they work.

http://www.skepdic.com/ouija.html

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1798/how-...

http://paranormal.about.com/library/weekly/aa09069...

http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/...

Paranormal Activity Ouija Board

Don't worry. I have been in your shoes.

Over the past five years I have lived in my house,

I have a list of weird unexplainable things that have happened.

I've seen a man walking into my garage,

My sister has heard someone call her name,

We captured on recording a woman call out her name.

Just two nights ago I heard a woman speak in my living room.

My mom just recently started to take into consideration that maybe something is going on in her home that is paranormal.

How long have you lived in this house and did this all just start happening recently? I would say to give it some time. Try to relax about it. Think rationally. Don't just jump to the conclusion of OH MY GOSH! GHOST! Like I often do. If things continue to happen in the next week or so, then you should really talk to your mom and tell her how you feel. But whatever you do, don't use a Ouija board. I have always been fascinated with them myself, but that can open up a door that you do not want to open. Usually, only terrible things come from a Ouija board... Something much terrible than a simple whisper or fascination with microwaves. Haha.

Really though. Don't do it. You'll get some answers like HELL NO!!!!! DON'T DO IT!!!! Haha. Listen to them.

If you really want to communicate, you can record yourself asking questions and see if you get an answer from whatever may be in your home. I did this and got responses, but some people even said that was too dangerous. It's really risky messing with stuff like this. Be careful.

Ouija Boards are not good things.

I have only had bad experiences, and It took me a Long time to get the negativity away from me and my home.

Stop playing with those, if you want to meddle where you shouldn't be, you should have tried tarot cards, meditation or protected channelling.

I suggest you do some research, you allowed this into your home, in to your personal energy. You asked a higher power to come into your life, now you might need to ask a higher power to force it to leave.

The Ouija Board, is a spiritual board. But of course if you dont believe in something, you will make it so it does not exist. When you open your self spiritually, then yes, things will start to flood in.

Don't use a ouija board in this case - they are very real, and NOT a game at all - you may let whatever it is (or something else, possibly worse) "out" into your house/garage area. Trying to summon things especially when you are inexperienced is just a bad idea.

I agree with the above poster, take many pictures of the garage and the area with the microwave (preferably with a high quality digital camera, so you can see the results clearly and right away) to see if anything shows up. Also, use some sort of recorder and ask questions, leaving time for anything that's there to respond.

Good luck.

I use a Ouija board once.. thinking it was just a stupid little game. I used it improperly for weeks, after about a month or so i burned it to ash! Ever scents then, unexplained were happening to me i my house and now im Truly scared that i will never be able to be alone in my house ever again. As soon as i started dating my recent boyfriend about 3 years ago.. he said he has experienced things also. Only scents hes been with me all this paranormal has been going on, so much that he can't even sleep in his room anymore. I have stayed at his house a couple times and i was awoken i at about 3:30 and i turned on the light and his belt as swaying back and fourth and after that i heard my boyfriends name whispered it the opposite corner. Never stayed there again. Never burn a Ouija board. I think that was my biggest mistake.

Ignore all the other idiotic answers. You are not stupid or crazy for your suspicions.

Honestly STAY THE HELL AWAY from Ouija boards, they are totally bad news.. they cause nothing but harm and danger. Obviously if this spirit is messing around with appliances and calling your name, their intentions are not good.. bringing them through that door through an Ouija board will enable them to harm you even further. Not only that, but it also open's the door to all other spirits.. good AND bad, be wary that some will try to trick you and seem good.

Just stay away from the Ouija boards, they are totally bad news.. the best thing to do is to go into your garage and tell them "Go away, I am not afraid of you.. you are not welcome here; leave now" otherwise, you can find some chants and protection spells on the internet.. do it with a friend if you like.

Good luck, you will need it if you want to meddle with those nasty boards.

Blessing....Lets start at the beginning...if your experiencing things that go bump,start keeping track of the times an occurrences,and do not go near the Ouija board.have you thought to ask yourself if its a harmful spirit,a playful quest who just wants to be known an knows you can hear them? these shows on t.v. that show people screaming an yelling over things like cabinets opening or doors...a few sounds or names being whispered? most of the time it has to deal with the land the people or tenants that you know nothing about.check out your local library.land office,an any other informational place in your town.If you don't know you will if you even think of using this board...the experts cant even understand how it works.you could be opening doors to real evil.you didn't say it has caused any harm just noise.how would you like it if you where in visitation and let yourself be know but were not harmful.just getting use to the new stuff around the house?not only can you just smudge the house which is safer then the board, you can contact your local medium,most likely for free to help.But if you use that board and don't understand you are opening gates an doors to who knows what,or what they are capable of!if you destroy it an you've already in deeper than you know!that board needs to be put up or given to the proper people so it can cause no harm....if things get to far out of hand,please join my contact list....blessed be.!

Trying to resolve this matter through the use of a ouija board can only make the situation worse. I strongly urge you to contact a local reputable Paranormal Group to come in and investigate. They can then provide some answers that will let you know what you're dealing with.

Please visit our website at: www.alabama-paranormal-society.com and send me an email if you need any further advice.

I wish you the best of luck :-)

Obviously something accidentally set the mircowave - pets? Large bugs? Or maybe it really is malfunctioning, just not all the time. Power surge? Short power outage causing it to reset?

Ouija boards work on the ideomotor effect - you're moving it yourself, whether you realize it or not. So you'll never get anything out of an ouija board you couldn't have known or made up yourself, but people often have vivid imaginations and manage to freak themselves out using it, thinking they've contacted something - but really, they're just talking to themselves. However, now that you know that, it should be easy to freak out a few friends.