People tend to be skeptical of all things supernatural, especially things like Ouija boards that can be easily manipulated by the people you use them with.
For some, using one is a teenage rite of passage. A sleepover activity that you eventually forget about. But for this woman, her experience stuck with her. And now she’s worried the prophecy it predicted is about to come true.
New Kind Of Shark Attack
In a TikTok with more than 209,000 views, content creator Brooke Caragata (@brookecaragata) reveals a prophecy she’s been quietly managing since high school. Caragata said a Ouija board told her she was going to die at 28 years old by a shark attack.
“The Ouija board told me I’m going to die this year,” the text overlay on the video reads.
While she lives by the beach, she says she planned not to go in it while she was 28. It seemed simple enough, until her roommate brought this home.
In the video Caragata flips the camera to reveal a box sitting on the coffee table. It’s the Chill Pill fan cooling system—made by Shark.
“Now I’m like scared of a lot of other things,” she says. “So wish me luck.”
Do Ouija Boards Actually Work?
Not in the way most people think. According to Vox, Ouija boards are powered by something called the ideomotor effect: unconscious, involuntary muscle movements that happen without conscious awareness.
When you place your hands on a planchette and ask a question, your brain may generate images or associations related to that question, and your body responds, moving the planchette without you realizing you’re doing it. The less control you think you have over the board, the more control your subconscious is actually exerting. That’s why it feels so convincing.
Research has backed this up in surprising ways. In a 2012 study, participants using a Ouija board answered factual yes/no questions correctly more often than when they guessed on their own with around 65% accuracy vs. 50%. The board, it turns out, may give the subconscious mind a way to express what it already knows without the interference of conscious second-guessing.
As for the board’s origins, Smithsonian Magazine traces it to the 19th-century American obsession with spiritualism, which is the belief that the living could communicate with the dead.
The first Ouija board was patented in 1891 by a group of Baltimore businessmen who, by most accounts, were more interested in profit than the paranormal. It became a cultural fixture, outselling Monopoly in 1967, and only took on its scary reputation after The Exorcist in 1973 suggested the board could invite demonic possession. Before that, it was largely considered wholesome family fun.
Commenters React
“I’ll be back in 2027 to check in,” a top comment read.
“Don’t say it . You’re manifesting it,” a person said.
“I played ouija board in middle school and it told me some things were gonna happen to me that did not in fact happen. so ur good,” another wrote.
@brookecaragata Should I be scared #fml #ouijaboard #future #shark #fyp
BroBible reached out to Brooke Caragata for comment via TikTok direct message and comment. We’ll be sure to update this if they respond.