SOME OF THESE ROBERT
THE HAUNTED DOLL PHOTOS SHOW SOME STRANGE
OR WEIRD ANOMALES, OTHERS SHOW ROBERT WITH
ACTUAL DIFFERENT EXPRESSIONS.
MANY OF OUR WEB SITE
VISITORS CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEIR PICTURES
OF HIM JUST DON'T COME OUT RIGHT AND HAVE
SENT THEM TO US TO POST.
ALWAYS ASKING DO WE
SEE WHAT THEY SEE? AND MORE SO, WHY WON'T
HE PHOTGRAPHED!
ROBERT
THE HAUNTED DOLL:
THESE
STRANGE SUBMITTED ROBERT THE DOLL PHOTOS ARE
SENT INTO US ALL THE TIME FOR OUR EXPERTS OPPINIONS...
USUALLY ASKING DO YOU SEE A GHOST ARE WHY DIDN'T
MY PHOTO OF ROBERT THE GHOST DOLL COME OUT?
SO, WHATS YOUR OPPINION?
IS
ROBERT REALLY THE WORLDS MOST HAUNTED DOLL?
Local Key West legend tells that bad things
happen to cameras when people take photos of
Robert without first introducing themselves.
October 24th, 2004 was officially
proclaimed by the Mayor of Key West to be "Robert
the Enchanted Doll Day."
Robert The Haunted doll was said
to have been given to Gene
by a Bahamian girl whose exact relation to the
family remains
one of Robert's many mysteries.
Many believe the girl was the
daughter of ill-treated servants of the Otto family.
Speculation as to his creation include that the
doll contains a real haunted magical crystal or
was made much like a real haunted New Orleans
voodoo doll, thereby creating his dark evil everlasting
entity.
Whatever his secret voodoo hoodoo
origins of creation, Robert is is said to be very
much more then just possessed and his ongoing
paranormal or supernatural activities continue
to be reported to us more often then not.
Robert the very haunted doll
was the play pal stuffed toy doll of Robert Gene
Otto, an artist who lived in the same house all
his life. When Gene, as he was called, was given
the doll he was five years old. It was the custom
around 1900's to give a small lone child a doll
that looked like them as a fill in playmate.
Also very much a fact Robert
the doll is the size of a 5 yr old child. He has
real human hair, and buttons for eyes. Gene used
to dress the doll in his own clothes. He also gave
it his first name Robert.
Today all alone quietly he
sits, Robert, still dressed in his white sailor's
suit and clutching his little stuffed lion.
A museum employee once cleaned
Robert and left for the evening, locking the doors
behind him and shutting off the lights. When he
arrived the next day, several lights, including
the one near Robert's case, were on. Also, Robert
was placed differently than when the employee last
saw him. Stranger still, the bottoms of Robert's
shoes were coated in fresh dust as though he'd been
walking around the museum.
Several employees have reported
hearing a sound like someone tapping on glass as
they pass Robert's case. When they turn, they have
seen Robert's hand pressed against the glass.
Press release:
from the KEY WEST ART & HISTORICAL SOCIETY
281 FRONT STREET, KEY WEST, FL 33040
295-6616 Fax: 295-6649
Attention:
News editors, news directors, features editors and
programming directors. Please use the following
item as a news story, public service announcement
or community event. Pix available. For immediate
release Nov. 4, 2004.
High School Students Record Robert's
Spooky History
As Robert the enchanted doll celebrates his 100th
anniversary as the island's most popular symbol
of the supernatural, a Key West High School television
student is attempting to put some of the Robert
lore on videotape.
On Wednesday evening Phillip Baucom, along with
videographer Kaylee Bird and assistant Sarah Frederick
ventured into the darkened Fort East Martello Museum
to meet Robert where he makes a home in a display
case in one of the old bastion's casemates. The
students are enrolled in Key West High School's
Television Production Course.
Fascinated by the tales of Robert and his spectral
influence on Key West, Baucom, a junior is shooting
a short video history of Robert, which he hopes
to enter in a national student television competition
in Los Angeles.
I went to the Blame It on Robert Party last month
and I thought, 'Wow! It would be great if I could
do something on Robert.' So I got David Sloan's
book (on the history of Key West's ghost) and started
a story board.
Unlike some other photographers who have tried to
make pictures and videos of Robert at the museum
have experienced mysterious camera and film malfunctions,
Baucom and his crew were careful to show the enchanted
doll proper respect.
Before turning on the tripod-mounted video camera,
they approached Robert sitting on a chair in his
case bathed in an eerie yellow light and politely
sought his permission to include him in their shot.
When finished, they didn't forget to offer him their
thanks. Others who failed to acknowledge the doll's
powers - including a professional film crew-have
experienced Robert's perturbation when their film
was found ruined or their cameras failed to function
properly. Although Baucom's student video team was
a little spooked as it worked in the dark shadows
of the old fort, filming went smoothly.
Besides the footage at the East Martello, Baucom
has scheduled shots at the Key West Cemetery and
the house at 534 Eaton St., where Robert lived for
many years in the possession of the late Robert
Gene Otto, a Key West artist.
Phillop Baucom seeks Robert the Doll's permission
for a high school video project as Kaylee Bird adjusts
camera in the background.
For more information and/or pictures, please contact
our Public Relations Director: Margaret Elliot,
305.296.8711 elliotco@mac.com
As seen on MTV's Real World Key
West, the Travel Channel, and other television specials,
Robert the Doll is a Key West legend.
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