Ouija Board Derren Brown Proves it is NOT Spirits

Derren Brown is running a series of expose's of well known Mystical Phenomema. Episode 4 is about then Ouija Board.

http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/science-scams/episode-4/

It is well worth looking at the others.

Of course, another controlled test would be to blindfold the individuals who are placing the finger

on the glass and have an observer watch and record where its moving to, it will randomly move all over the

board with incoherent messages.

Maybe thats why it was marketed as a toy with spooky appeal.   

Penn and Teller actually did the "blindfold" experiment with an extra twist... they rotated the board 180 degrees without the people knowing.

The result was that the "spirits" kept answering the questions upside down and backwards.  

The best part is at about 5:00 of the You Tube video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA5uYhXpa-E

I love Penn and Teller's approach to this!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouija