Supernatural Sally

     Some people seem to have an uncanny ability to touch a world beyond our own. Sally is just that kind of girl. From childhood, she communicated with wild animals. Rabbits would come and eat from her lap. Squirrels and birds would come when she called. She often talked about imaginary friends with names of long lost relatives that she would talk with for hours. Sally was always unique and frequently described as an ‘old soul’.


      On her 16th birthday, her friends joined her for a party at her home. Her birthday fell on a year shortly after the very frightening Exorcist movie was shown and all young people seemed fascinated by the Ouija Board. Many of her friends tried the board out while the party went on. Finally, it was Sally’s turn. She sat knee to knee with a friend who shared similar energy with Sally. Immediately upon touching the shuttle, it began to float, almost dance, across the board. Clearly, the board that worked for no one up until now turned on.

     There was a sense of lightness and joy as the shuttle danced over the board revealing answers to all the partygoers’ questions. Then, unexpectedly, a changed occurred in the room. The lights dimmed and the shuttle, which had been dancing, suddenly began dragging over the board. Sally, so serene and secure, now appeared fearful. She asked if they were talking to a good spirit, to which the shuttle responded with a resounding, “NO!” Many questions were answered with violent responses predicting doom to the asker. Sally and her friend, both fearful now, wanted this game to end. Sally lifted her fingers from the shuttle, but it kept moving toward her friend. It was visibly being pushed down on Sally’s side. Her friend shouted at Sally to return to the shuttle. She did not want to end up like Reagan from the Exorcist, possessed by evil and spitting in the face of their family priest. The girls asked repeatedly for the presence to leave to which it repeatedly replied, “NO! NO! NO!” The shuttle was digging into the cover of the new board making scratch marks even though the girls were barely in contact with it. When they began to pray the Lord’s Prayer, the shuttle and its possessor seemed to go crazy. Wild jerky motions cast the girls’ arms back and forth over the board. Repeating the prayer over and over seemed to infuriate the guest fueling his anger, but it was not enough to end this nightmare.

     Sally seemed to know that greater action needed to be taken. She asked everyone in the room to stand together and repeat the Apostle’s Creed…”I believe in God the father almighty, creator of heaven and Earth…”

     She shouted over their prayers, “In the name of God, our father, leave now!!!”

     The shuttle, made of mere plastic, shot out from under the girls’ fingers. Propelled fifteen feet across the room and the shuttle embedded in the plaster wall. One of the most remarkable facts about where that shuttle was stuck was it was higher on the wall than the location it left from. All objects loose altitude because gravity pulls them back to Earth. Not only was this shuttle not driven by human force, but also it actually flew higher with enough force to put plastic into plaster.

     Sally knew from that moment on, that to touch this board again would be a foolish and very dangerous thing to do. Although her friends will always remember that party, none will discuss it.

     Sally is older now and looks back on that experience with wonder and a healthy fear. She understands there are many things that happen in life with no real explanation. She smiles as she drives under traffic lights and several go out as she passes by.

Debbie 2008