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The Game They Never Should Have Played

The Game They Never Should Have Played

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It started the way a lot of things do in the mountains, with long winter nights, too much boredom, and a group of young people looking for something to fill the quiet.

What followed wasn’t a jump scare or a campfire story, but a slow unraveling. A Ouija board bought off a store shelf. Questions asked half-jokingly. Answers that came back a little too specific. And a sense that something had been invited into the room long before anyone realized what they were opening.

This episode is told as it was shared with me, not as a warning about monsters, but as a warning about curiosity, fixation, and the way attention itself can become a doorway. We hear from those who lived it, and from a pastor who helps frame what happens when fear, belief, and the unseen start overlapping.

This is not an endorsement of the occult. It’s a cautionary story about lines that don’t announce themselves until after they’ve been crossed.

Because in Appalachia, roots run deep and shadows run long.

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