They decided to store it in the attic.
Aging doll in attic.
Run the clock forward eleven years.
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The doll was left throughout the night with a locked off camera placed in front of it.
Amongst them was a doll.
When they stumbled on it 11 years later they were shocked by how much it had aged.
The family bought the doll in good condition said mr eaton.
Some people think it was the climate temperature of the attic.
After it was given away the doll was put on sale.
As usually happens with many things that were cherished by the children several of them were stored away in the attic.
But id like to play devils advocate in all likely hood this doll had a leather face and after being kept in a moist dry attic space the leather might have shrunken like that of a raison leaving the appearance of an old person.
Yes the doll and the owner had the same name but the boy answered to gene robert was a childhood birthday gift from otto s grandfather who bought the doll during a trip to germany.
Although collectors generally think of preservation when they think of antique and vintage dolls modern dolls are also very susceptible to damage from time and the elements.
They had to decide that the outgrown toys cluttering the kid s rooms should be got rid of or stored away.
No one knows what caused the doll to age.
After eleven years of being confined to the house s attic the doll had somehow aged and decay going from an adorable child like doll to a withered doll resembling an old man.
Im the first to believe in haunted dolls because ive witnessed it myself.
This is a common technique for paranormal researchers who use objects like dolls as trigger objects their hope is that if any spirits interacted with the doll and it moved it would be caught on camera.
An ordinary baby faced doll.
Robert the doll was originally given to key west painter and author robert eugene otto by a servant of his family legend has it that the servant who was familiar with voodoo and black magic cursed the doll after becoming displeased at the way he was treated by the otto family it soon became clear to the otto family that something was very wrong with the doll they.
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Robert the haunted doll.
The family cant even imagine what the doll looks like now.
Doll collections are an investment in money time and love.
The doll was given away.