28 Schoolgirls Hospitalized After Messing with Ouija Board: Report

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More than two dozen schoolgirls were hospitalized for anxiety and fainting after they played with an Ouija board at school in Colombia.

According to reporting from the U.K.’s Jam Press that was picked up by The New York Post, 28 girls in total experienced “anxiety and other symptoms” after they experimented with the alphabetic and numeric board.

The incident occurred roughly 300 miles from Bogata in the southeastern Colombian city of Pasto at the Galeras Educational Institution.

After the girls showed symptoms, they were rushed to a nearby hospital. Some were accompanied by their parents.

In a statement, school principal Hugo Torres said, “There were 28 possible cases of anxiety in school students.”

“The school is waiting for the medical diagnoses to provide further reliable information,” he added.

Torres also pleaded with members of his community not to gossip about or otherwise comment on the incident.

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