SPIRITS OF ARMERO – THE OUIJA THAT STIRRED A NATION
Armero, Colombia – 6 October 2025
By Lux Ferre
Welcome, seekers of mystery, to Occult World, where history, tragedy, and the unseen converge.
This week, Colombia finds itself at the centre of a supernatural storm — a story that blends spiritual transgression, collective memory, and the fragile line between belief and spectacle.
The Return to Armero
Influencer Yeferson Cossio, known for his daring social media experiments, travelled with his team to Armero, the town buried under volcanic mud and ash in 1985 after the eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz volcano. More than 23,000 lives were lost, and the site has since become a sacred scar on the Colombian psyche — a ghost town of grief and silence.
Armero has long been associated with restless souls. Survivors and locals often speak of laments in the wind, the faint cries of children, and lights that flicker at dusk among the ruins.
But never before had anyone turned the site into a public séance — until now.
The Night of the Ouija
In a video published to millions of followers, Cossio and his companions sit before a candlelit tabla ouija, surrounded by cameras and recorders. Their intent: to contact the spirits of Armero and document any response.
Minutes into the session, Cossio suddenly gasps — clutching his chest.
“Sentía que se me inflaba el pecho,” he later recounted.
(“I felt like my chest was inflating.”)
A nearby lamp swings on its own. The recording shows the planchette trembling, spelling disjointed letters before flipping from the board. Panic erupts. One team member prays aloud; another screams that they must leave.
The video spread instantly across Colombian media, triggering both fascination and outrage.
Some viewers saw proof of spiritual contact; others accused Cossio of exploiting tragedy for entertainment.
Spiritual Boundaries and National Memory
Armero is more than a haunted site — it is a graveyard without tombstones. Many Colombians expressed anger that the influencer’s team had disturbed the resting dead.
Religious leaders called the act a “profanación espiritual,” while psychologists warned of collective trauma reactivation through sensational exposure of such spaces.
Still, others defended the experiment as a form of connection — an attempt, however misguided, to acknowledge the energy that still lingers there.
From an esoteric viewpoint, Armero is charged with what occultists call residual sorrow — an imprint left by sudden mass death. Locations of this kind are often seen as thin places, where the boundary between planes weakens.
Occult World Commentary
Cossio’s Ouija ritual raises difficult but vital questions for all who walk the path of spiritual inquiry:
- When does communication with the dead become desecration?
- Can tragedy ever be channelled ethically for exploration?
- And are viral rituals the modern echo of ancient necromancy — the same curiosity, wrapped in neon light?
At Occult World, we believe that intent is the true gateway. To summon without reverence is to knock upon the veil without permission.
Armero, in its silence, deserves remembrance — not performance. Yet even in the controversy, it has forced Colombia to confront the haunting still woven through its soil.
Sources:
- Infobae Colombia — “Yeferson Cossio manipuló la tabla ouija en Armero y en video quedó registrado el momento de pánico que vivió: ‘Sentía que se me inflaba el pecho’,” 6 October 2025.
- Semana.com — “El video de Yeferson Cossio en Armero desató polémica por supuesta sesión con espíritus,” October 2025.
- El Tiempo — “Armero, entre la memoria y los mitos: los visitantes que buscan el eco de los muertos,” 2024.
