28 Colombian girls hospitalized after playing with Ouija boards

OAN Brooke Mallory
UPDATED 12:56 PM – Thursday, March 9, 2023

After allegedly playing with Ouija Boards at their Colombian school, 28 schoolgirls were admitted to hospital with anxiety.

Galeras Educational Institution, Pasto, Colombia, reported signs of anxiety attacks and fainting among the girls.

After trying to entertain themselves, the children were taken to a nearby hospital. “classic” séance boards.

“There were 28 possible cases of anxiety in school students,” Hugo Torres is the Galeras Educational Institution’s head.  

Torres asked the community not to spread gossip or rumors about the incident due to the increased concern and fear among the school’s students and their parents.

“Given the reported cases, a series of comments were unleashed on the community that, rather than helping to resolve the situation, led to confusion and an adverse environment for our work,” He pointed out.

Strangely, eleven teenagers also fell from the boards in November 2022 after they used them at another school in Colombia.

Later, however, it was confirmed that at most five of the 2022 victims had died from food poisoning.

Many parents now want to know how their daughters were able to access the Ouija boards during school hours.

Although their current health status has not been disclosed, school administrators believe they will make a full recovery.  

It is unknown if the school intends to update the public on the conditions of these students. No police investigations have been confirmed regarding this latest incident.

Ouija boards were first created in the United States in 1886. They are also known as spirit-conjuring boards or occult talk boards. These boards are thought to be a way for the living and the dead to communicate.