My iPad is possessed or something close to it.

My iPad is possessed or something close to it. It types by itself. Starts email and iMessages on its own, switches between apps and scrolls up and down. It's freaky to watch and I cant get anything done because it switches to other things on its own. Has anyone experienced this?

Occassional comments come up about auto-typing, but often a reboot solves the problem...hold both the power and home buttons until the apple logo appears and the iPad restarts...ignore the red slider if that appears.
If that does not help, best bet is a trip to an Apple store genius bar to have it checked by the techs.

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