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Paranormal Games- Part 1

There are plenty of urban games and rituals that are meant to summon spirits into your home or transport you to another world. These rituals have very specific instructions, and almost all of them warn you to follow these instructions exactly. Many people are skeptical about the reliability of these games, but there are many others who believe in them. Of course there are a few of these rituals that have been debunked, such as the Charlie Charlie Challenge, but there are others that may possibly be real.  

Regarding the existence of these games, there aren’t many real facts about any of them. I have yet to find a video- or even an audio recording- of these rituals being performed that haven’t been edited in some way. However, almost all of these rituals state that electronic devices will interrupt the game and keep it from working; perhaps they were all written that way on purpose. That’s just speculation, of course, as there are plenty of traditional demonic rituals that do not allow the use of electronics, so it’s not much of a stretch to assume that would be the case for more modern rituals. There have been plenty of stories of first-hand experiences with these rituals put up online, most commonly on the nosleep Reddit page. 

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Paranormal Games- Part 2

A very common game among thrill seekers is Bloody Mary. It’s quite simple; all you have to do is go inside a dark room with a mirror, say “Bloody Mary” three times, and the hideous ghost of Bloody Mary should appear. However, the real story behind Bloody Mary is not nearly as bloody as that of her father. The ghost of Mary Tudor is known for looking like a horrifying demon, when in reality, she was actually quite beautiful for the times.

When she reigned as the first queen of England, her body count rested at 300, almost all of them being Protestants who were burned at the stake- a very small number when compared to her father’s, King Henry VIII. 

Henry killed around 72000 people, two of them being his former wives. Quite a large number, and much more than the body count of his daughter. If anyone out of the Tudor line would end up being a horrible murdering spirit, I’d bet my money on Henry, not Mary. 

Many people have tried the Bloody Mary game before, and all attempts I’ve heard of have failed. Mary was just a queen who believed she was saving her Protestant subjects from going to hell. There are even rumours that state she didn’t even know about a large majority of the executions that were carried out in the name of Catholicism. The Bloody Mary ritual is not real as far as I’m concerned. 

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Paranormal Games- Part 3

One game that I’d like to address is the Elevator Game. It grew popular around the time of Elisa Lam’s death at the Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles. I’ll leave a video below if you’d like all the current known details about her death, including some information on the Elevator Game:

As mentioned in the video, Elisa Lam was acting very strangely in the elevator of this hotel. Many people assume that she was playing the Elevator Game. However, upon examining the video of Elisa in the elevator and comparing it to the instructions of the ritual itself, there are some inconsistencies between the two. If you want to compare for yourself, the instructions are here and the video is here:

There are many differences between the game’s instructions and her behaviour. You are not supposed to exit the elevator during the game, yet she does so multiple times. She is also pressing the buttons in the wrong order, and she exits the elevator on the same floor she entered, leaving it to go up and down on its own.

Personally, I think the video is grossly taken out of context. Elisa Lam was bipolar and also suffered from depression, so that could have been affecting her behaviour. However, it is undeniable that she looks very panicked, almost as if someone is chasing her. My theory is that she was being pursued by someone, like an aggressive family member or friend, and left the elevator to travel to different floors to throw off her pursuer. Ultimately, she felt that she couldn’t escape and tried to hide somewhere no one would find her, namely the water tank, thinking she could hold onto the edge long enough for her pursuer to think she left and give up the chase. She accidentally let go and drowned in the tank. But, like I said, that’s just my theory. And even though she likely was not playing the Elevator Game, that doesn’t mean that this ritual is not entirely untrue. 

There have been many people who have tried to play the Elevator Game, many of these attempts being caught on video. The majority of these attempts don’t work; I have yet to see one that is is real without being obviously edited. However, it is said that electronic devices do not work in the Otherworld the elevator is supposed to bring you to, so it may be impossible to even enter it when using a phone/video camera. I personally don’t believe in the Elevator Game, but if you want to take the risk of playing it yourself- well, I can’t stop you.

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Paranormal Games- Part 4

There are many paranormal games which have been explained by one person or another. Take the Charlie Charlie Challenge for example. If you’ve been living under a rock for the past few years and are unfamiliar with this ritual, you take a piece of paper and two pencils and set them up like this-

-and say, “Charlie Charlie, can we play?” The pencil that’s on top of the other will move, pointing to either “yes” or “no”. You ask questions, and “Charlie” will answer them. When you finish, you have to say “Charlie Charlie, can we stop?” If it says “yes”, you can pick up the pencil and drop it on the floor to break contact with the spirit. If it says “no”, you have to keep asking questions and try to break contact later.

The explanation for this is very simple and has been figured out by almost everyone. The pencil is balanced on top of the other in such an awkward and delicate way that if the surface they’re on is even slightly tilted, it will cause the pencil to turn. The smallest movement- even a breath- would make the pencil move because of the awkward placement. 

Another game I’d like to address is the Midnight Game. If you want to know how it works, click the link here. If the link doesn’t work, here’s the rundown: the beginning of the Midnight Game is done in front of a wooden door. You have to shut off all the lights in your home, write your full name on a piece of paper, and prick your finger to squeeze a drop of blood onto the paper. You light a candle and place it on top of the paper. You have to knock on the door 22 times, with the final knock occurring at midnight. You have to open the door, blow out the candle, close the door, and relight the candle. This invites an entity called “The Midnight Man” into your home. You then have to pick up your candle and start to move around your home. If your candle goes out, you have to relight it immediately, and if you fail to relight it, you have to surround yourself with a circle of salt and wait there until 3:33 a.m. If you still have your candle, you can’t stop moving around your house until that time. If you see a shadowy figure in your home, that’s the Midnight Man. You must avoid him at all costs. If the temperature drops or you hear any disembodied whispers, that means he’s near, and you must leave the area immediately. 

There is a large amount of people who believe in the Midnight Game. However, there are some explanations for the things people have seen during this game. Then one that I personally think makes the most sense is paranoia. When you start the game, you think you’re inviting an evil spirit into your home, so you’re already on edge. It’s 12-3 in the morning, so you’re already tired. Mix together the fear of the ritual, the darkness in the house, and the sleep deprivation, and you’ve got the perfect terrifying atmosphere to completely freak out your brain. You might see anything and book it out of there as fast as you can because you think it’s the Midnight Man. And since you’re scared, your breathing will naturally be faster and heavier than normal, so it wouldn’t be that hard to accidentally blow out the candle, which makes everything pitch-black and bumps the fear factor up to a 10. The whispers you may hear could be from air vents in your home or a result of your now scared and over-active imagination. If you feel the temperature drop, there’s always a possibility that you left the air conditioner on or you’ve got chills because of the scary situation. In short, the occurrences during the Midnight Game are likely just a result of normal human psychology. 

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Paranormal Games- Part 5

It’s difficult to know how many of these rituals are real and how many times they actually work when performed. I tried looking up statistics to see how often these games work when they’re played, but after the fourth page of Google, I decided to give up. I could choose a ritual and perform it myself a few times to see how often it works, but I’m too scared to take the risk. Without knowing any actual statistics, there’s no telling how many of these games are real. 

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Paranormal Games- Part 6

Looking at the amount of “witnesses”, it’s no wonder many people believe these games could work. Reddit user Renegade2366 posted his experience with the Three Kings ritual on the nosleep Reddit (link here), a popular community for people who have messed around with the paranormal and supernatural to share their stories. if you want to read it for yourself, click the link here. Again, if the link doesn’t work, I’ll summarize it for you.

The Reddit user set up the Three Kings Ritual (instructions here), with three chairs in the middle of a dark room, a mirror on the left chair and a mirror on the right, with an electric fan blowing behind the middle chair and a bucket of water in front. He sat down, holding the candle in front of him to protect it from the fan behind him. After a while, he began to see things in his peripheral vision from the mirrors. Soon after, he started to hear murmuring, "sounding more like listening to a conversation through a pillow.” He tried to listen to the voices’ conversation, but couldn’t make anything out through the whirring of the fan. He finally spoke up and asked if he was alone, but the voices went silent, and after several more minutes, he asked who he was speaking to. A voice spoke from his left: “Someone who knows.” Another one spoke from his right: “You.” he heard the voices “clear as a bell” and asked: “Someone who knows what?” The murmuring rose again, and he couldn’t make out anything except the phrase “Why you’re here.” he started hearing more things, not just from the mirrors but all around the room. The mirrors appeared to be arguing, and he couldn’t hear much, but they were definitely bickering about him. The mirror on the left was saying things he’d never told anyone, things he didn’t even repeat in the telling of his story. After a few minutes he realized that the fan had turned off on its own, and he jumped out of the chair, dropping his candle. After trying to relight it and failing, he rushed for the light switch and flicked it on, ending the ritual. 

It’s difficult to gauge whether this story is real or not. Personally, whether it was imagined or exaggerated or actually true, I have chosen to believe it until I am given a reason not to.

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Paranormal Games- Part 7

So this is my take on the subject. There are many games that are definitely fake; however, that doesn’t necessarily mean that all of them are. I certainly think there are some that have the possibility of being real; it’s just a matter of sorting through the facts and deciding for yourself. The question I’d like to ask you is this: if you think they’re real, would you run the risk of playing these games?