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(ETA: I KNOW THE ORIGINAL POST FROM R/URBANLEGENDS IS GONE. I wonder if they saw the creepypasta & took it down, maybe to stop other people from performing it? Or maybe THEY wrote the creepypasta and took down the OP so it seemed made up and not real. I just know I saw it, I wrote down the steps, and I did it, and it worked. I've removed some of the details of the ritual too, because I also think it's a bad idea to enable others to do this. Read on for more.)

If you've seen the 3am clown ritual challenge thing, don't take it lightly, it is REAL. Like a lot of you probably I saw that creepypasta from a few weeks ago where the OP (a girl I think) said she did it and then her and her boyfriend got followed by a clown for days afterward. https://www.reddit.com/r/creepypasta/comments/1ry3e1e/dont_do_the_3am_clown_ritual/ It's a cool story but still just a creepypasta story (it was literally in the r/Creepypasta sub).

Well guess what. It's REAL because I did it last night and Ive never been so scared in my life. I didn't get hurt or whatever but it still scared me shitless.

After the creepypasta one got posted I looked around for more and I found the original post on the Urban Legends sub where someone showed how to do it! https://www.reddit.com/r/UrbanLegends/comments/9m6bld2/3amclownritual

I followed all the steps (it was kind of hard finding a red striped candle) and went into the woods near my old high school for 3 in the morning. I lit the candles and said the "I could use a good laugh" chant 3 times, and kind of immediately I heard someone coming. I thought it was someone trying to like smoke up or whatever but when I saw them I hid because IT WAS A FUCKING CLOWN.

It was a female clown, wearing what was like an open jacket but with a shiny collar and bright blue shirt under it, white pants and big shoes but pointy at the ends. Her face was white too but her mouth was just normal, like with red lipstick, and she had long black lines over her eyes so they were like exaggerated eyebrows. She saw me and laughed, not super creepy, I mean it WAS super creepy but not like a creepy laugh, more just a joyful "Ha HA ha!" but yeah, that's when I started running.

I tripped over some roots or rocks and fell on my face and scrambled up and then I HEARD HER RUNNING TOO, like full on chasing me. She started laughing again and I ran to the edge of the woods and came up behind the back of the school. I didn't want to get too close to the school because security cameras and stuff, so I spun around and yes, she was there.

And then I started laughing myself, because it all hit me, I was being chased by a fucking clown and was more concerned about school security catching me.

The clown smiled, put her hands on her hips and tilted her head and giggled, then clapped her hands and said "YAY!" And then she just turned around and walked back into the woods.

If that's anticlimactic for you that's because this wasn't a story, THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO ME. I have scratches on my face from where I hit twigs on the ground when I fell to prove it.

The 3am clown ritual is REAL people. Don't be dumb like me. DON’T DO IT!

Hello! My friends and I have recently gotten interested in ghosts / paranormal activity, and decided we would go to an old cemetery (featuring graves of old Quakers and people who died in the 18-1900s) with an Ouija Board, and ask some questions. Once we got there, and it was relatively dark, we went to a cluster of tombstones and set up the Ouija Board to try and talk to the dead.

Before we put our fingers on the board, we said the following phrase: "We invite only those spirits who mean no harm, if you bring lies or malice - you are not welcome here." We then put our fingers on the planchette, and asked a simple question of "is anyone there."

After a minute or so, the planchette did not move, and all of our anticipations crumbled down. Suddenly; though, a loud noise (seemingly one of a banging on a gong) was heard out in the woods by the graveyard.

The sound shocked us all, and immediately scared us. We started asking if the spirit was unable to contact us through the Board, and asked if the gong was their way of communicating to us. A minute or so later, we heard the gong again.

After around 5 minutes, the gong noise stopped. We started to think the entity had left, and we're ready to leave. Out of nowhere, again, we heard the gonging noise. This time, it was fainter - and happened twice in a row.

We then left, and went back to our car. Once we got in the car, we took the Ouija Board out one more time. That was then when I realized that the planchette had no glass part in the middle to keep a spirit in it. My friend had gotten a fake Ouija Board, or broken one.

As we drove home, we were all confused on the gonging noise. We had visited the graveyard during the day and never once heard any type of gong noise like that, same with the woods. That's when my friend realized something very interesting...

He claimed that we were able to summon a spirit, but they could not contact us through the Ouija Board as the planchette was broken. This is why the gonging noise happened, as a way for them to contact us...

In my mind, this truly is the only scenario that makes sense. I have never had an encounter with a ghost like this, and was wondering if any of you pros could have any input on what I experienced. Do you think my friend could be right? Also, should we go back with a working Ouija Board and try again? Thanks for reading!