SkullTronix has created an amazing animatronic prop in their talking skeleton head. Most animated props have more clicking sounds in their joints than I do after waking up from a nap on the floor, but that doesn’t appear to be an issue for this Halloween skull. According to their website: “Our SkullTronix DMX skulls are the ‘Ferraris’ of the animatronics world.” There are several voice routines available, but I’m partial to the one included in the video. The only thing missing from the routine is a Ouija board with an animated planchette.

SkullTronix also makes animatronic “SkeleTrons” (skeletons with animated torsos and arms), as seen in the photo, to go along with their talking skulls, but they’re currently sold out for Halloween ’09.

Photo source: SkullTronix

Video Source: You Tube user mrwizzer

The title for this entry reminds me of those old Reese’s commercials: “You got milkshake on my ghost hunting.” “Well, you got ghost hunting on my milkshake.” Maybe that wasn’t quite how the dialogue went, but I guess that’s what happens when paranormal investigating meets 31 Flavors. From the creative minds of Alex Parrish, Aaron Bramley and David Neff comes just that — a look into their hobby of checking out potential ghostly activity, followed by a trip to the local ice cream shop.

Don’t expect extremely serious ghost hunting here (at least in the presentation). It’s more of a lighthearted, quirky, yet respectful jaunt into the world of the paranormal — that’s why I like it so much. Honestly, it’s about as good as anything related to ghost and spirit investigations on the cable networks, only with a smaller budget and less equipment. During this episode, I especially enjoyed Alex’s humorous nod to the Ghost Adventures program, when she references ‘the lockdown.’

Quirkiness aside, they do uncover a few interesting anomalies and personal experiences during an EVP session. In this second installment, they’re checking out an old Walgreen’s store which is now used as a haunted house (The Mansion of Terror) during Halloween.

For more info on Ghost Hunting and Milkshakes, including the first episode, check out their site: The Haunted Report.

Photo Source: Whisk Blog

Video Source: You Tube user -ghostsandshakes

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Much of the interest in all things Ouija comes from kids’ desires to test the boundaries of their parents’ stern warnings against the board. This “you better not use it, or else you could become possessed” mentality is a built-in marketing tool for the board’s manufacturer (intentionally or not). When a parent offers a warning like that to a child, nine times out of ten, they have just guaranteed that their son or daughter is going to try it out. Kids have an innate desire for curiosity and obtaining self discovered knowledge, whereas many adults just accept a lot of rhetoric, that’s been passed down from one generation to the next, without investigating for themselves.

I’m not saying that the board should not be treated with respect. It most definitely should, but you have to keep in mind that an Ouija board is only a tool that hones your focus and attention. Do children not hone and focus their attention on violent movies, video games and television shows every day? It’s a double standard that the Ouija board is considered a tool of the “devil” by many, yet these same people may feel it’s totally acceptable for kids to focus their attention on other forms of harsh and sometimes cruel “entertainment.”

Since my first post I have stated that I want to be honest with you. Well, I’m going to be really blunt right now- I don’t believe in possession. Your fill in the blank (soul, energy essence, prana, spirit, etc.) has far too much invested in this experience that we call life, to allow another form of energy to become entangled, or overtake its vehicle for expressing conscious awareness. I feel that the majority of possession cases (Ouija boards involved or not) have been over exaggerated, misunderstood, or just plain faked. This does not mean I don’t believe the board works, nor does it mean I don’t believe that certain energy can become “interested” in the human participants of the board. Again, the board is a tool that allows a person or people to release their attention from their environment and become so heavily focused within, that they are allowing energy to flow in an easier manner. It’s not the board itself that has some amazing magical power- it’s the focus and honing of awareness, by the participant(s), that allows the board to work. A person could accomplish the same feat using any household item that could glide across some letters on a piece of paper. Of course the human participant’s intentions are paramount in these circumstances. I would never advise someone to use an Ouija board if they are proceeding from a place of fear. With fear being the predominant feeling within them, they will typically draw a more fearful experience to themselves (even if they are the only one responsible for the experience).

Now whether or not the energy, that is assisting in moving the planchette, has passed on and is intelligent and self aware or not is a whole other story. It’s quite possible that the messages that come through the board are being culled out by the human participants and not by ethereal beings at all. I do feel that the planchette seems to have a mind of its own as the participants become more focused on the “séance” though. While many people fool around and force the reader to race across the board, there are plenty of experiences where it’s quite obvious something else seems to be activating the piece. There have also been many cases where individuals that were involved in a session have gone on to check the information provided through the planchette. Many times, from a historical standpoint, the information gained does check out on a fact finding mission i.e. names, birth and death dates, occupations etc.

It is possible that when using the board, the human participants are in such a state of allowing that they are simply tapping into a Universal storehouse of information. As their energy flows more freely they become aware, on a deeper level, of information that is collected in some invisible database- stored and waiting to be accessed. The humans are the ones who may be moving the planchette, but without any intention to do so. It simply occurs due to their freeness of accepting the experience. In this state of freeness they have access to information that they are normally not privy too. The information that they receive could be location specific, based upon the environment they are in. Quite possibly another individual who lived in the home or in a nearby location has their entire life history available to be pulled out of the ether- it simply takes someone who believes and is extremely good at allowing energy to flow.

While I don’t believe that using an Ouija board is necessarily dangerous or ill advised. I do believe that one should be aware of their intentions as they set out to try using such a device. I would never advise anyone against trying something new, especially something that has the potential to provide new awareness and to teach others (through the experience), that there is nothing demonic or fearful about the process, except for the fear each person creates for themselves.

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