Levitating beds, loss of memory for long periods of time, loss of bladder control, speaking in tongues, these are all symptoms known to be associated with possession. Possession is having control or ownership (Farlex). When a person is possessed, most of the time they have no control over their feelings or actions. The reason it is called possession is because when a person is possessed, the spirit or demon has control over that person. The possession and exorcism of Roland Doe is one of the most documented possessions in history. Many still believe the case to be fictitious, but there is significant evidence of Doe's possession. The exorcism of Roland Doe was an unusual and frightening experience. The film, The Exorcism, is a film about a little girl who became possessed by a demonic spirit and was exorcised by a Catholic priest (Leonard). This film is based on the actual exorcism that took place in 1949, in Rainer, WA, on a 13-14 year old boy named Roland Doe (Shepherd). Although many sources say the boy's name has varied and no one is sure of the boy's real name. Doe was an only child and was very close to her Aunt Tillie (another name which also varies between sources). Aunt Tillie was an eccentric woman very involved in the “spirit world” (Wildman). She presented the Ouija board to Doe and they would use it together (Opsasnick) (Wildman). (“The Ouija board is used as a supposed method of communication with the spirit world. Ouija boards have their roots in spiritualism that began in the United States in the late 1840s. Mediums claimed to be intermediaries between the living and the dead" (McCarthy). Soon after, Doe and his aunt Tillie had begun participating in the use of...... middle of paper ......Print. . "Exorcism of Roland Doe". Before its news. May 27, 2014. Farlex. "Free online dictionary. The evil truth about The Exorcist; forty years after its release, Tom Leonard tells the shocking true story that inspired the controversial film. Daily Mail. London, England. November 23, 2013: 14.Web. January 29, 2014. Manson, Mathew "Exorcisms and Possessions". ShopOfHorrors January 11, 2001. Web January 25, 2014. McCarthy, Erin. “A Brief History of the Ouija Board”. Web March 3, 2014. Opsasnick, Mark / Father Gallagher's Diary. "The Haunted Boy; Inspiration for The Exorcist", StrangeMag. Web December 20, 2013. Wildman, The Travel Channel. "Biography of Roland Doe". 2013.