It is not bad folded out. Someone on here picked up a couple for me. Sorry that I forgot who. It is worth the $5.
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Thanks for the tip, Mike! I should pick me up a few of those.
Yea, the board does look kind of plain, but the price is worth it just for the planchette. I would think it would work just fine for an animated Ouija board.
I don't know if those kids had any luck, but no ghost worth his salt is going to answer a $5 Ouija board.
Yea, the board does look kind of plain, but the price is worth it just for the planchette. I would think it would work just fine for an animated Ouija board.
I don't know if those kids had any luck, but no ghost worth his salt is going to answer a $5 Ouija board.
Excellent, thanks Dave--appreciate confirming that it's worthwhile just for the planchette. Think I mentioned it before, but if you don't find these, check other local Five Below stores. Again, the one nearest to me had zero in stock. While one a 30 minute drive away had a good pile of them. At that price, maybe I should pick-up another 3.Thanks for the tip, Mike! I should pick me up a few of those.
Yea, the board does look kind of plain, but the price is worth it just for the planchette. I would think it would work just fine for an animated Ouija board.
I don't know if those kids had any luck, but no ghost worth his salt is going to answer a $5 Ouija board.
Re: discriminating ghosts and quality talking boards, LOL.
Speaking of animated ouija boards, I think I printed out a bunch of 11 x 17 sheets on a color printed that, when assembled, would make a pretty large ouija board if pasted to a stiff backing. I'll have to find them, assemble, and take a photo for scale. I've never done the animated ouija board because it wouldn't work in a yard haunt--so I guess I was thinking how do I scale it up? Might work well in a semi-pro charity haunt. Could do a seance room like the Haunted Mansion.
The Madame Leota room in the Haunted Mansion is one large homage to 19th century Spiritualism; from the floating, glowing musical instruments to other elements. The Spirit Cabinet was made famous by the Davenport Brothers, then exposed as stage magic effect by Houdini and others. Most of the seance / spiritualist effects were exposed over time. Table-rapper build anyone? (evidently was the Fox Sisters cracking joints in their ankles, etc).
I'd like to build a self-knocking ghost door knocker like the one in the Corridor of Doors in the Haunted Mansion.
Might be a good Ouija board for conjuring the spirit of the late Jack Benny!
I don't think that haunted door knocker would be too hard to build.
As far as the animated Ouija---I use mine in my yard haunt. My daughter usually sets up a table with a couple of skeletons and one is a fortune teller. I have a square hole cut in the table for the animated Ouija to sit in. The TOTs seem to love it and I've never had the planchette disappear yet.
This year my daughter was at college, so I just sat this witch at the table. The square hole is where the Ouija would go.
I don't think that haunted door knocker would be too hard to build.
As far as the animated Ouija---I use mine in my yard haunt. My daughter usually sets up a table with a couple of skeletons and one is a fortune teller. I have a square hole cut in the table for the animated Ouija to sit in. The TOTs seem to love it and I've never had the planchette disappear yet.
This year my daughter was at college, so I just sat this witch at the table. The square hole is where the Ouija would go.
Thanks Gym and Dave. @Dave, that's very cool--glad you successfully incorporated your animated board into your yard haunt. Thanks for posting the picture. I don't think it would play well in my neighborhood--could freak out or offend certain people of certain denominations of Christianity that are very popular where I live. So far, I've been the Cool / Best / Spookiest house every year--not tough to do when hardly anyone else decorates like a HF member would.Might be a good Ouija board for conjuring the spirit of the late Jack Benny!
I don't think that haunted door knocker would be too hard to build.
As far as the animated Ouija---I use mine in my yard haunt. My daughter usually sets up a table with a couple of skeletons and one is a fortune teller. I have a square hole cut in the table for the animated Ouija to sit in. The TOTs seem to love it and I've never had the planchette disappear yet.
This year my daughter was at college, so I just sat this witch at the table. The square hole is where the Ouija would go.
I understand where you're coming from, Mike. You could just tell them you don't know where it came from. It's not yours.
LOL, Gym. Pretty good trick.
Thanks Dave.
@Gym, don't know what to say. I don't believe in anything supernatural. Ouija boards are widely thought to work on the ideomotor response, with participants unwittingly moving the planchette. Similar to holding a pendulum over a Yes / No know piece of paper, then asking a question with focused concentration. Subconscious movements of the hand / wrist lead it to a particular spot, unbeknownst to the practitioner.
People often lie as well; for example, anyone who "believes" in the Amityville Horror Story hasn't heard of the concoction created to sell books. Inn Owners often lie, or play upon legends, to drum up business, etc. Not all are liars of course--other things can explain supposed ghost encounters. Joe Nickell is an investigator of ghosts / hauntings and has a number of books on the subject. Interesting reading; often there's quite a natural explanation to these things. Most people would rather believe, however, than investigate. I find the investigations revealing natural explanations to be more intriguing than the presumed reality of survival after death--don't think anyone's ever come back to provide proof of survival conclusively.
One thing I find especially interesting is Sleep Paralysis; where a person swears they saw a ghost at their bed, couldn't move, etc. Google "sleep paralysis" and ghosts to read an example of a dream state with eyes open; but the body is paralyzed, since that's what occurs during dreaming--so the body doesn't act out dreams and hurt itself. That explains a lot of the classic Incubi and Succubi tales of old; ghost visitations through history; and in our times, claims of Alien Abductions; same psychological phenomenon at work in most cases. The interpretations of the experience do change over time.
Not saying there are no such things as ghosts or the supernatural. Can't prove a negative. Just that there seems scant evidence for it; and when investigated properly, often evaporate. So many different causes that any "real" cases may be like finding a needle in a haystack. Same with "psychics" for which Cold Reading, on purpose or accidentally, is typically the explanation.
I do enjoy ghost stories of course. Always have. But again, I find investigations of hauntings that reveal terrestrial explanations much more interesting; just as I find secret illusions and effects explained (e.g. Fox Sisters and other Spiritualist con-artist methods) more interesting than any alleged real "power." I remain open minded however to new evidence, properly examined by those with strong analytical skills and critical thinking methods; vs. assuming one's conclusion from the start.
@Gym, don't know what to say. I don't believe in anything supernatural. Ouija boards are widely thought to work on the ideomotor response, with participants unwittingly moving the planchette. Similar to holding a pendulum over a Yes / No know piece of paper, then asking a question with focused concentration. Subconscious movements of the hand / wrist lead it to a particular spot, unbeknownst to the practitioner.
People often lie as well; for example, anyone who "believes" in the Amityville Horror Story hasn't heard of the concoction created to sell books. Inn Owners often lie, or play upon legends, to drum up business, etc. Not all are liars of course--other things can explain supposed ghost encounters. Joe Nickell is an investigator of ghosts / hauntings and has a number of books on the subject. Interesting reading; often there's quite a natural explanation to these things. Most people would rather believe, however, than investigate. I find the investigations revealing natural explanations to be more intriguing than the presumed reality of survival after death--don't think anyone's ever come back to provide proof of survival conclusively.
One thing I find especially interesting is Sleep Paralysis; where a person swears they saw a ghost at their bed, couldn't move, etc. Google "sleep paralysis" and ghosts to read an example of a dream state with eyes open; but the body is paralyzed, since that's what occurs during dreaming--so the body doesn't act out dreams and hurt itself. That explains a lot of the classic Incubi and Succubi tales of old; ghost visitations through history; and in our times, claims of Alien Abductions; same psychological phenomenon at work in most cases. The interpretations of the experience do change over time.
Not saying there are no such things as ghosts or the supernatural. Can't prove a negative. Just that there seems scant evidence for it; and when investigated properly, often evaporate. So many different causes that any "real" cases may be like finding a needle in a haystack. Same with "psychics" for which Cold Reading, on purpose or accidentally, is typically the explanation.
I do enjoy ghost stories of course. Always have. But again, I find investigations of hauntings that reveal terrestrial explanations much more interesting; just as I find secret illusions and effects explained (e.g. Fox Sisters and other Spiritualist con-artist methods) more interesting than any alleged real "power." I remain open minded however to new evidence, properly examined by those with strong analytical skills and critical thinking methods; vs. assuming one's conclusion from the start.
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