Would like to see some pictures of the machine thanks.

Time to set up the video recorder and capture this stuff. I'm a sucker for real video of ghostly stuff.
-Mike

Looks to be in pretty condition.

Now I understand why it’s haunted.

Put some garlic in that macramé topper you’ve got there.

Where did the machine come from? Maybe you could ask the previous owner if they experienced anything strange like you are.

As the owner of a vintage resale store, I can tell you without a doubt that things like this do happen. Every once in awhile we'll bring a piece into the store & weird things will happen like voices, noises, cold spots, etc. I wouldn't go so far as to call your machine "haunted", but there's probably a little weird energy attached to it. If it makes your wife uncomfortable you should probably sell it. You know what they say, "happy wife, happy life"!

How much stuff did you move around to accommodate this game in your garage? I “play Tetris” a lot to bring in more stuff in my garage and stack things in different ways all the time. Things shift and move around on their own in ways I don’t expect.

This is a huge reason I have all electric/ battery yard tools and 0 gas cans.

Shift happens.

HEY! That's a common event these days, just not with pinball machines. Assuming the machine is the culprit, it was either used for some kind of dark magic mischief, such as a base for a OUIJA board, or it was directly used by a witch/warlock/magik user to implant with a demon. Though I never studied the specific techniques, I have heard plenty of anecdotal evidence about people doing this stuff or being victims to it.

Reason--who knows? Perhaps the blackface characters pissed someone off, or the seller was angry about having to sell it, or whatever. The ultimate reason a demon would be lashed to the device would be due to the lowest of human motives.

You will be plagued with these kinds of events for the duration of owning this object--UNLESS you take action. Even then, it might not be enough. Ed and Lorraine Warren have/had a museum in Connecticut that would probably take it, maybe pay a bit for it, to house it with the myriad other objects that are under supervision to contain the demons contained within them. It is now run by their step son Ed Sperra.

Advice: NEVER challenge or try to infuriate the demon. It will never be your friend, but it could turn murderous, afflict you with nightmares, insanity, urges, changes in personality or likes and fetishes, etc. Try not to interact with the machine except when necessary. To get rid of the demon, you need to do several things: a) cleave to the Bible, b)turn to Christ and take him as your savior, c) get baptized, d)go to confessional and be absolved of sins, admit to all, and enter a state of grace. At that point you are cleaned and able to avoid serious infiltration of the demon into yourself, but you will be open to harassment until you go further. Get sacramentals, get holy water from your church, St. Benedict medal blessed by a priest (Benedict is the GREAT exorcist), learn apt Bible phrases and use them. e)To protect your home from this thing, get Mezusahs to nail to the doorframe from garage to house, and for other doors--the demon can't cross and will stay out of the house. f) Get a priest to bless the house, then the machine, and see if the priest can exorcise the demon from the machine. g) Put a Mezusah on the garage door frame once done.

Call on St. Michael the archangel, Mother Mary, and Christ for help, along with any saints or angels, etc. Michael is the most-hated entity of God's retinue, when it comes to demons; Mother Mary is second, and she will be good help.

I had to deal with these things several times, but they were infesting a couple homes and not actual devices. Do not fear! Fear will give it a greater foothold.

James 4:7 “Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”

Now you need to submit yourself to God and then you can unravel this problem. Good luck and God help you.

Woa, IBTL