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.
The doll that aged in the attic.
So they stored away all the toys in the attic including a baby faced doll.
Run the clock forward eleven years.
They decided to store it in the attic.
After wendt s death the janesville doll was moved from the attic window to a special showcase in the janesville library.
An ordinary baby faced doll.
The family bought the doll in good condition said mr eaton.
I just love weird scary stories and these two are scarier than most.
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.
They had to decide that the outgrown toys cluttering the kid s rooms should be got rid of or stored away.
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.
As usually happens with many things that were cherished by the children several of them were stored away in the attic.
The attic would heat up during the day into the zone where the plastic warped due to the heat.
And all of the old toys were taking up most of the space in the house.
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.
After they stored all the toys away they were happy to have more room in the house.
The doll had aged and now had the face of a very old person.
Over time the plastic takes on the appearance of aging because it heats up then cools down heats up and cools down etc.
Whether it continues to inspire strange stories and paranormal reports among the library stacks only time will tell.
The doll that aged.
The family bought the doll in good condition.
Amongst them was a doll.
An unnamed family had children who were starting to grow up.
It is an easy explaination if the doll is plastic.
Robert the haunted doll.
A facebook account and myspace page have since cropped up in honor of the legendary figurine.
Now if the face was plastic or wood then that is a different story.