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The Seance

“Me and my friends were having a sleepover and we were having all sorts of fun. We talked, watched some movies, and played some games. Emma then noticed I had a Ouija board under my bed. She asked about it and I told her it was just something I got from a yard sale since it was cheap. She then suggested we do a seance. I originally said no but she kept pressing me about it and all the other girls gave into peer pressure so I said yes. We turned the lights off and set everything up and started the seance. I didn’t expect anything to happen since it was just a stupid board game. We asked if there was anyone there and the planchette started moving and we accused each other of moving it since the idea of an actual ghost moving it seemed stupid to me at the time. We asked questions about how old the ghost was and their name but eventually though things got very scary. The planchette kept moving and spelling out threats. It stopped being fun at that point and we all kept getting angry with each other saying that whoever was moving it needed to stop since it wasn’t funny. It didn’t stop though and Emma got fed up and took her hands off the planchette. After that, all I can remember was hearing ear piercing screams. It sounded like me, Emma, and the rest of the girls but I remember hearing something else scream with us. It didn’t sound human. It sounded like some sort of animal but I’ve never heard any animal that sounded like that. After that, everyone else was just laying there on the ground and that’s when Emma stood up on the bed and just stared at me smiling with her head tilted and not responding to a word I said. Look I know how it sounds and you’re looking at me like I’m crazy or some teenage girl with an overactive imagination but I’m telling you that’s what happened. You have to believe me. I’m telling you the truth!”

-Olivia Woods to Detective Gary Freeman of the New Castle Police Department, 4/4/2012