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In reply to the discussion: DU is a good place to ask this: how many people here believe they have encountered a ghost? [View all]GReedDiamond
(5,354 posts)...I was visiting relatives in rural upstate New York.
They lived in a 1700s era house which had originally belonged to the Pastor of the old abandoned church next door.
Behind the house, in the "back yard," was a cemetery with headstones dating from the 1700s to around the early 1920s.
My 18 y.o. cousin had a collection of occult themed books and magazines, and a Ouija board.
We used the Ouija board, and at some point, the planchette started moving over the board, spelling out answers to questions we asked each other, without us touching it.
We stopped at that point, and went to our rooms to sleep.
I had a rollout portable bed with a single sheet covering me as it was very warm that night.
Shortly after lying down, something started sharply pulling on the sheet, one inch at a time, until the sheet was down to my ankles. This took maybe 30 minutes or so.
At that point, I went into the next room over, and slept on the floor.
Nothing else happened that night, and we left the next day.