Come Play with Me!

"Think: (an evil Elf on the Shelf), leaving behind cryptic notes — and occasionally scratch marks." According to Glamour.com

In 1970, a mother purchased an antique raggedy Ann doll from a hobby store. The doll was a present for her daughter Donna on her birthday. Donna was in college at the time and living with a roommate named Angie. At first the doll didn’t have anything special, but over time she began to move on her own. Annabelle's movement would increase over time. The girls would leave Annabelle on Donna;s bed and come home to find her on the couch.

Annabelle in the movie "Annabelle" (Not the real doll)

Their friend Lou hated Annabelle. He thought that there was something deeply wrong with it. However, the girls did not agree with him.  Donna began to find pieces of parchment paper in the house with messages written on it. “Help us” and “Help Lou.” The weirdest part was that there was no parchment paper in the house. Where was Annabelle getting the paper from?

It got even worse. One night when Lou was sleeping he awoke to Annabelle on top of him trying to strangle him. Donna agreed to bring in a medium. The medium discovered that long before their apartment complex had been built there was a field on the property. A seven year old girl had been found dead on that field and her spirit remained in the doll. Then they held an exorcism for the doll and removed it from her home.

Real Annabelle in the "Occult Museum" 

They built a special case for the doll in their Occult Museum. Visitors who taunted the doll were all involved in near-fatal or fatal accidents upon leaving the museum. Annabelle still stands in the case at the museum to this day.

Annabelle even appeared in the Conjuring in 2013. Annabelle’s story also turned into a movie, Annabelle, released in 2014. Its a similar story plot to the real story of Annabelle.

I believe the story of Annabelle is very creepy. I always thought of Dolls to be sweet toys, not haunted killers. The story of Annabelle changes my feelings towards Dolls and I am scared of them.

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