It’s time for another entry into our Real-World Creepy series! This particular topic was sent to me by Sobellium69, who sent me the following message:
Recently I have come to knowledge of what is known as the Zozo phenomenon.
To start, I must tell of what the Ouija Board is. To those of you who don’t know, it’s a “children’s toy” with letters spelled out across a board. A person or a group can put their hands or fingers on the planchet, and try to summon spirits. The spirit then moves the planchett around the board, spelling out sentences. Some claim its each other doing the moving, which it often tends to be. Others claim it’s their subconscious. Yet many believe it is actually spirits. I will not get into this, if you want to research this there is plenty of information.
The Zozo phenomenon is the fact that people from all over the world for the last 30 years (the time the board became popular) have reported an entity named Zozo, Zoso, ZuZu, Zu, Zo, and other Z worded names like that. This creature often starts claiming its another spirit, or trying to act friendly or nice. More often then not, Zozo quickly becomes violent, curses you out, and takes complete control of the board. For many, this is not the end of it however. No matter how many boards they use, Zozo comes back. And soon it doesn’t end with the board. Many report hauntings by Zozo, some claim possession, and others claim harassment. It often carries a very common theme, however. Zozo either pretends to be friendly for a while, and slowly drains away from its host, or he is outright hostile, terrifying the poor souls unlucky enough to encounter him.
Many have asked Zozo questions on his origins. On most occasions, after revealing himself as Zozo, he will not deny what he is. He will outright tell you he is a Demon from hell, even once claiming to be Satan himself. Although this last part was probably one of his many scare tactics, there is much evidence of ancient entities in ancient Africa, medieval Europe, and Christianity for a demon named Zozo, which in English translates to “the destroyer.” Zozo has even been known to curse off in Hebrew and quote bible verses, and to react severely negatively to anything about God or Jesus Christ, even relinquishing his grip on his victims when being commanded in a Christian fashion. I do not know if this is common with other religions as well, and it doesn’t always work for Christians as well.
I am writing this as a warning to inform my fellow Creepypasta readers that not everything is as it seems. If you happen to use one of these boards or an automatic writer, and something by the name of Zozo appears, leave the game properly, and cleanse the house by your religion.
-Sobellium69
Googling the name ‘Zozo’ brings up a number of websites and message board postings where people discuss their ‘true’ experiences with this being. I’ve compiled a short list for any of you who are interested in reading more about this alleged demon:
The Zozo Phenomena
What is ZOZO? @ Ghost Theory
ZoZo, the Oujia Demon @ Creepypasta Wiki
A Zozo experience from Your Ghost Stories
A thread about Zozo @ Disclose.TV
Now, I’m aware that people are pretty divided on just how creepy Ouija-related experiences truly are – to be honest, given that every time I’ve ever tried to use a Ouija board it was blatantly obvious that any messages were borne entirely of human effort (my friends weren’t exactly good at hiding their efforts to move the piece where they wanted it to go), I’m not particularly spooked by the boards. After all, it is largely marketed as a children’s board game and since all of my experiences using it were when I was a kid, for me that association is hard to break. However, I’ve seen many people make the argument that it’s not the vessel that matters, it’s the intent and permission given by the user to any entities that’s important. That may be true; after all, how many stories are there of seemingly innocuous items becoming possessed by ghosts and spirits? Many. So I’ll leave each of you to your varying degrees of skepticism and belief and close out with some anecdotal evidence – a Zozo experience trascribed by Stephen Wagner:
I am from Tulsa Oklahoma. I am currently 40 years old and have held a fascination with the occult since an early age. I have had many bizarre experiences with Ouija boards and I am writing this as a warning to people that bad things can happen because of these “portals.” The majority of people from The United States holds a skeptical view regarding the scientific evidence of spirits or ghosts, and many people who believe in these things also believe that it is for this very reason that ghosts and poltergeists occur here and exist “under the radar,” so to speak.
These Ouija boards are manufactured under the precept that they are mere “toys.” Let me tell you first hand that they are not toys and should be used with strict caution, and probably should not be messed with at all. Other countries take a more open-minded view of spirits, demons, and ghosts, and many many cultures have based entire religions from these beliefs.
During my experiences with Ouija boards one particular spirit always seemed compelled to make its presence known. Its name is Zozo. Today, I refuse to even pronounce its name as I believe the mere pronunciation of it can cause it to manifest itself. Too many times to count, it has at first pretended to be a nice spirit, or pretend to be whomever I was trying to contact. But eventually it showed its true self, cussing me, threatening me and others present in the room. Once it actually cussed me using what looked like Latin or Hebrew, and using biblical terminology.
NASTY SPIRIT
I was genuinely fascinated and startled by how many times Zozo showed up, even in many different states and many different Ouija boards. It always wound up being very nasty and commented freely about how it wanted to posses my girlfriends and take them to paradise. When asked where paradise was, it spelled HELL.
One time, after Zozo was being extremely evil, I walked into my bathroom only to see my one-year-old daughter about to drown. Her mother had left her alone in the tub “just for a second” and somehow the water got turned on and was overflowing. Instinctively, she had her face tilted up and was seconds from going under when I grabbed her from the water. The next day she was hospitalized for some weird internal infection and was put in isolation for 14 days straight as doctors tried to diagnose the illness. We almost lost her, and that was when I began to suspect demonic attack.
At this same time, my girlfriend maintained a trance-like state. Her personality changed from a very sweet person to withdrawn and uncaring. Zozo said before this that it was going to possess her and eat her soul.
I was recording music for a future rock project, and I remember jokingly asking if it had an opinion on what I should name the band. It spelled IRON TONGUE, which at the time I thought was pretty cool. Only later when my daughter’s tongue swelled up in the hospital to the point of asphyxiation did I realize that this wasn’t coolat all! Her tongue became rock hard and distorted her face, swelling up to where it hung grotesquely from her mouth. We took turns bedside at the hospital for what seemed like forever before my daughter began to recover from this strange affliction.
When guests would spend the night in our house, they would claim that they heard frightening voices coming from inside the walls. Objects would be thrown across the room, and spiders seem to come from nowhere. My girlfriend’s brother, who lived with us, complained that he couldn’t sleep at night because the “conversations” were so loud that he simply could not rest. He believed in ghosts, and though he wasn’t afraid of them, he said that it definitely felt demonic.
Lights would turn off and on by themselves, doors would open and unlock themselves. One night in our bedroom a viscous laughter emanated from thin air, and to this day I cannot explain the terror in that laughter. Another night, I was awakened by what felt like hands on my throat choking me. I could not breathe, I could not scream….
After about 30 seconds, it released its grip and I gasped for air. The same thing happened to my girlfriend the next night.
FAMILY CURSE
Yet another night, her brother and I were standing just outside the back porch sliding glass door talking about a supposed curse of their family. I abruptly exclaimed, “I rebuke this curse in the name of Jesus Christ!” I no sooner finished saying those exact words when a deafening sound and a vibration struck the entire house with such an alarming “boom” that the neighbors came over to ask if I had heard something strange. I knew it wasn’t our imaginations. I got out the ladder to see what had landed on top of the house only to find nothing.
Things settled down after that, and to this day I believe that whatever made that noise also caused the disturbance to go away. For awhile. My girlfriend broke up with me, and I met someone online in Michigan, where I moved up to be with her. She didn’t believe in spirits, and although I knew better, I decided to make her a believer as well….
THE SKULL NECKLACE
Living in a very small town in Marshall, Michigan, there were no stores that sold Ouija boards, so I downloaded one from the internet. I printed it out, and to my horror, Zozo returned. It said it came from “cyberspace,” and when I asked it where it lived it spelled SKULL NECKLACE. We didn’t think much of this until I asked it again where it was, this time spelling MIRROR. There was only one mirror in the bedroom where we were crouched on the floor, and I heard a scream coming from my girlfriend’s seven-year-old niece, who was watching us with another young friend. We looked up at the mirror and saw the skull necklace swaying back and forth with glowing eyes looking down at us!
My girlfriend’s son had hung the necklace on one of the posts of the waterbed hours before I downloaded the paper board. We almost jumped out of our skin, and although three feet of fresh snow had fallen that night, we all found ourselves in the front yard not knowing what to do, scared and frozen in terror.
My girlfriend was so fascinated, she drove 40 miles to purchase a new glow-in-the-dark Ouija board, much to my dismay. The next night, we had another session in the same room. Zozo immediately came forth, even without me being a participant. My girlfriend’s nieces were using the planchette and I would secretly write down a color onto a small piece of paper, then crumple it up where no one could see. I asked the young girls to ask the board if it knew which color I had written down. It quickly scooted to YES and then BLUE.
I remember chills coursing up and down my spine as I threw the wadded up paper to my girlfriend. Her eyes widened as she read the written color: BLUE! We then tried the same thing with shapes and words, and every time the board knew.
THE PHOTO APPARITION
One night we asked the board if the spirit would show itself. It spelled YES and told me to turn out the lights and take a picture of the necklace above the board. I did just that, and what turned out is eerie, to say the least. On the upper left hand corner of the picture we could plainly see “winged” skeletons flying about, and they are of the exact same weird shape of this “skateboarders” skeleton necklace. Toward the middle we could make out hideous faces. I have seen at least four evil faces in this picture. I have sent this picture to several “experts” and they have all said they cannot explain the images inside.
As if all of this wasn’t strange enough, now comes the really scary part. A few months ago I Googled the word Zozo. To my shock, many other people have also been contacted by a demon by the same name! I read about 20 similar stories and I am now convinced that this simply cannot be mere coincidence. Supposedly, Zozo is an ancient demon name, which possibly stands for “The Destroyer.” Claims of demonic possession are associated with this Zozo, and I feel it my duty to warn people to steer clear from this if it happens to present itself during a Ouija board session.
I am currently researching this phenomena for a future book, and am in the initial stages of presenting my findings to a reputable demonologist, who has been involved in hundreds of cases of paranormal activities across the world, including A Haunting in Connecticut.
WHO OR WHAT IS IT?
What is this Zozo? Supposedly, the three-headed dog demon that guards the gates of Hell has a tattoo on its forehead that spells Zoso. Also, Zozo is a term Aleister Crowley claimed meant “666.” Jimmy Page of the rock group Led Zepplein also used Zoso as a symbol on the Zepplein 4 album. Could Zozo and Zoso be connected somehow? How can so many different people from so many different parts of the world somehow lie about this Zozo spirit? And if they aren’t lying, than how can we explain these visitations by this wicked entity?
Is Zozo the Devil himself? Or a wayward demon who has the power to manifest itself wherever and whenever it is called?
Heed my warnings, people: If you are playing around with a Ouija board and you jokingly ask it if it has a name and it spells Zozo, close the session properly, cleanse the house, and never — I repeat,NEVER ask it again. And if you are brave enough to carry on conversations with this spirit, do not antagonize it or act on its directions.
I know what I have seen, and I know other people have also come into contact with this spirit. It is dangerous beyond words. I realize not every session results in negativity, but when you play with this Zozo you are playing with fire. Everything I have described here is true, and I am not exaggerating one bit. It may take me years, but I do intend on writing a book about this, as I have many more stories that I do not have time to mention here. They all stem from true events that took place while talking to this Zozo.
Folks, I have been told by people wiser than myself that the spirit world is “more real” than this world of so-called reality. Ouija boards can cause many bad things to happen in your life. Maintain an open mind, and most of all… be careful!
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Oh. And My apologies to Mr. Wagner, as it is my fault I did not catch that he only related the story and did not participate in the highly questionable antics and ethics of the original story teller. My insulting and ignorant mistake. Yet I still hold to my criticism of the “researcher”.
Whether or not this is a true phenomenon seems irrelevant. If this person truly experienced this phenomena or only perceived that they did, then Mr. Wagner has acted irresponsibly and irrationally in pursuing this entity. According to his own account, children have been placed in extreme danger as a result of his ” research”.
Child nearly dies, get another Ouija board.
Second child nearly dies, quick trip to Spencer’s gifts to buy a glow in the dark special edition. Wouldn’t want to miss a single word.
A group of young girls play with it, under his supervision of course, and are subjected to a terrifying experience.
Curiosity, needing to “solve” something he believes is powerful enough to potentially kill those around him, seems more dangerous than anything else related to these stories. Running with scissors, playing in traffic and eating paint chips are safer bets than a rainy day in front of a Ouija board assisting Mr.Wagner with his research.
The demonologist he’s referring to is Lorraine Warren if anyone can help it’s her! (Although I know what she’s gonna advise him to do , more than likely the op is already under oppression ) this is a prime example of what happens when you continue to use something (ouijia board) despite the consequences! (Dumbass lol) “I don’t know what’s happening let me use the board again” lmao…idiot!!!! Lorraine gonna chew his ass good! Lol
Treath Zozo with respect, do not act like a child. A demon feast on your fear so keep calm and keep playing. -Mister Gee.
It disturbs me to see twice in this story that the oujia board is called “toy” these things are NOT toys at all. You don’t “play” with them, and honestly if I caught my girls using one they’d be grounded for a month. I am a Pagan, I read Tarot cards, and Runes, and I am terrified of the board. I have only used one once in my life. and Once was too much. I will never touch it again.
Then you don’t cleanse and don’t freak out, you embrace the guy and be his vessel i guess
I guess the demonologist he’s talking about is Lorrain Warren …
Sent a chill down my spine, amazing story.
It’s interesting to find this here, as I had an encounter with someone who called himself “Z”, and initially did all of the things Sobellium69 mentioned, up to the point where he threatened me physically, and caused thundering booms to echo throughout the house we were visiting.
He began harassing the owners of the house, and I convinced him to come home with me… which pleased him immensely. I lived just down the street and when I left that night, I both felt and heard him walking behind me, though I couldn’t see him.
After that he became something of a prankster… making his presence known on several occasions, including when my first wife came to my home. She complained about a cold chill at her back and a feeling of being watched… and once I told her it was Z checking her out, the feelings stopped.
But my Mother was the only one who saw him; she woke in the middle of the night seeing a black figure standing between her bed and the window. Thinking it was me; she asked if something was wrong, and it walked into the shadows towards the door, but the door never opened.
Shocked, Mom turned the lamp on by her bed, and found her room was empty.
After I moved out, Mom would tell me that she could tell that Z missed me, because every morning at exactly 5 a.m., he would make a sound that sounded like someone dropped a crystal ashtray on the floor above her head, where the storage room would be. And for months the light would stay on in that room… even after my brother took the light bulb out of the socket.
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This was a great story thanks for the read
Wow. I’ve worked with Oiuja boards for 40 years, but tonight was the first time I ever heard od Zozo, & he is everywhere online. Ouija boards are serious shit. Don’t treat them as toys.
This was horrifying. That is all.
I personally have had two encounters with this entity before. I dare not speaks it name anymore. The first was the worst. I was possessed by the entity and was being instructed to do unspeakable and life threatening things to others that were around me. Quija boards are not a toy but definitely a useful tool in the hands of one who is skilled and knowledgable to their use.
My mom used an ouija board when she was a preteen with her friends on the lawn. The next day, when they removed it from the lawn, the grass underneath the board was burnt. 30 years later, we recently went to visit the old house, now abandoned. That patch of grass is still burnt. (COMPLETELY true story)
Never mess with those damned boards. Ever.
I love a good based on a true story.It was useful, as I was thinking of trying to find my husband -or a ghost who might tell me what happened to him.Please consider more true stories-I especially like true ghost stories.
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Omg I’m like dying
Maybe you should like call for doctor?
This was confusing and somewhat boring.
When i was 11 my older brother who was 16 started messing around with an ouija board with some friends. Back then in 1986 the boards came with a book called the devils bible. My brother had a buddy named Ron short for ronny he was really into the occult. Well Ron decided to read this book out loud in his room while my brother and his other friends were getting high on herb in the other room. They including Ron stated that they heard children’s laughter in the kitchen, they checked it out and the room was empty. For whatever reason they decided to play with the ouija board. The entity spelled out Ron is mine and as that spelling occurred Ron’s left foot started hurting real bad, his left sock appeared to be bleeding. They stopped playing Ron removed his left sock and revealed a carving into the sole of his foot. It read Ron mine ( guess the spirit didn’t care about proper grammar). At that point my brother became very religious and was haunted or so he said when he saw the virgin Mary materialized in front of him while he was in church. He told me and my parents what had occurred previously with Ron and an unknown demon. He said that the virgin Mary was telling him to stay away from his friends particularly Ron. Who was chosen by a demon to be that demons vessel. last i checked Ron died from some weird animal mauling in the woods and guess what they found next to his body, the devils bible that came with the game that they had when they were 16/17 years old. Ron died in 2005. Right about when eddy( one of the guys) was found dead with a bullet in his head( bad drug deal) .my brother on the other hand became a chiropractor and a police officer. Trying to help the community in any way he can while staying far away from the occult. Myself on the flip side of things am caught in the middle between my love and devotion to the trinity and my fascination with the occult. I’ve never exercised a spirit per say myself, but have banished many demonic souls back to their filth of hell. You have to understand one thing. If you invite them you give them power over you. If you denounce their so called fame and speak to them as if you are their master they hold no power over you. Remember that you are alive and they are disembodied souls looking for a portal( ouija board, mirrors, water reflection, disturbed mentally ill, drug users ) or a vessel to sustain their physical touch on this world. Oh and if you were curious cats are better than dogs. Dogs will protect against the physical and mundane. Cats are the guardians of the underworld ; ie the gate keepers. If your cats love you they will prevent any unwanted guests( entity) from entering your home. And yeah a cross helps too.
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man, this story was great! im so scared of those boards, ill never use one. definatley a phobia.
the boards are super creepy i should know i have set in on a session with one
Thanks Derp for putting it up!
Man. Im a grown-ass man and Ouija boards, for some reason, still scare the shit out of me like a little girl. I would never play with one. Like, its a phobia or something.
Super cool story. I love these world wide phenomenon stories. Doubtless there will be many of you who believe this is true and to those I say go get a ouija board and try it. When zozo manifests call him a coward. Its super funny when you piss him off as he can’t actually do anything
Except for the iron tongue and almost drowning a baby. What about the spiders and the noises? He almost lost his daughter, as far as the story was concerned.
Its just a story brother. No one almost lost their daughter. Dont get me wrong the Zozo phenomenon may be real, but this story is a fabrication
well if this story is fake how come when i was 7 the 1st and only time I used an ouija board zozo appeared? hey author I actually had no idea that other had experienced the same as me until I read this post.. glad I have actual proof for myself that what I experienced did actually happen..
i honestly think he is real