TikToker recalls having a friend who allegedly casted spells on her bullies, then returned her lost necklace to prove she was safe from her witchcraft

A childhood friendship can come with all kinds of unusual memories, but one TikTok user has shared a story that sounds like something out of a supernatural movie. Manila, who posts under the handle @manila.333, professed in a video that she became friends with a girl in seventh grade who claimed she could make people in their classroom disappear. According to Manila, the children would eventually return to school, but their behavior would have changed completely.

Manila says her friend reportedly explained that she was responsible for the disappearances, using spells on classmates and teachers who treated her badly. “My little witchy friend opened up to me and said, I just wanna let you know that all the kids that went, you know, missing in class, that was because of me,” she reportedly confessed.

When Manila responded in confusion, the friend allegedly added that “You know, they were so mean to me, and the teacher would never do anything cause the teacher has favorites. And so that’s why also the teacher was gone for a long time too.” The alleged witch claimed she could make people disappear and return as kinder versions of themselves. The friend apparently said that “I just made sure that they went through a lot of psychological stuff so that when they come back to class, they’re the nicest to me and everyone around them.”

It sounds scary

She reportedly mentioned that all she needed from the target person is “a personal item and a strand of their hair maybe, but that’s not even important. But a personal item is important.” This left the user wondering how her friend managed to get hold of those belongings.

The claimed witch also reportedly believed that “sometimes people need a lesson,” adding that after the spell “they’re no longer bullies. And I think that we need to control them because if we don’t, then this world is going to be a mess.”

Out of curiosity, Manila claimed that she asked about the chants and how they work exactly. The friend claimed that they just make the bullies go through what “they put other people through and we ensure that they understand that something was done to them so that they never mess with anyone else again.

Then, Manila apparently remembered something she had lost in the classroom: her necklace. She began worrying that her friend might have collected it to use against her, but the girl seemingly reassured her that she would never do anything to someone who treated her well.

To prove it, she eventually returned the necklace, reportedly showing Manila that she had no intention of casting a spell on her. “I just want you to feel safe because I would never do that to you,” the friend reportedly said. The two apparently continued their friendship for some time, and Manila says she was never affected by her friend’s alleged witchcraft.

Witchcraft itself is not a crime under U.S. federal law. The First Amendment protects religious freedom, which extends to religious practices such as Wicca and contemporary Paganism. However, activities involving fraud, theft, threats, or financial exploitation can still be prosecuted under ordinary criminal laws, according to the Massachusetts government.

A July 2025 Gallup poll found that 24% of Americans believe in witches, while 60% said they did not believe in them and 15% were unsure. The survey also found that 48% believed in psychic or spiritual healing, while 39% believed in ghosts.