The Doll That Aged In The Attic

Amongst them was a doll.

The doll that aged in the attic.

The story of the doll that grew old is told by expert on the paranormal jim eaton in his book ghosts caught on film 2. An unnamed family had children who were starting to grow up. So they stored away all the toys in the attic including a baby faced doll. Eaton would say of it.

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. It is an easy explaination if the doll is plastic. The skin was drawn back to an almost zombie like or even mummified appearance. After wendt s death the janesville doll was moved from the attic window to a special showcase in the janesville library.

And all of the old toys were taking up most of the space in the house. Robert the haunted doll. Run the clock forward eleven years. A facebook account and myspace page have since cropped up in honor of the legendary figurine.

They had to decide that the outgrown toys cluttering the kid s rooms should be got rid of or stored away. What makes it more unnerving to look at are the human qualities of it particularly those eyes which appear to be staring straight at you. They decided to store it in the attic. As usually happens with many things that were cherished by the children several of them were stored away in the attic.

When they stumbled on it 11 years later they were shocked by how much it had aged wrinkled like an old man. 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. Robert the haunted doll and the doll that aged in the attic. The family bought the doll in good condition.

An ordinary baby faced doll. Over time the plastic takes on the appearance of aging because it heats up then cools down heats up and cools down etc. The family bought the doll in good condition said mr eaton. Now if the face was plastic or wood then that is a different story.

The doll that aged. After they stored all the toys away they were happy to have more room in the house. Whether it continues to inspire strange stories and paranormal reports among the library stacks only time will tell.