Paranormal Activity: Robert The Doll

I am extremely interested in paranormal activity and ghosts and creepy unexplained things.
I recently found a story on Robert the doll and an excellent youtube video about it.


"Robert did it, Robert did it I tell you!"

By Sharon Stajda,

Key West, Florida.
Its not that unusual for a young child to have an imaginary friend or two. Often times parents think it cute? A mischievous little friend a foot to take the blame for some minor wrong doings.

In fact there are parents' that will claim a good imagination is healthy,

but what happens when the child begins to be tormented by the imaginary friend? To the point that the child can't sleep the night through without the friend awaking them to play? What happens when the play becomes ruff and frightening to the child?

So it goes this is the story of Robert...

The story begins in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Otto, the year 1896. It was well known that the Otto's mistreated there servant's, and were not the kindest of people.

One particular servant, that aided in the care of the couples son "Robert Eugene" (Gene) was said to be versed in the ways of voodoo. As the story goes the servant gave young Gene a doll. The doll stood three feet tall, and was stuffed with straw. The servant gave the doll life like features, that at first were very endearing to young Gene.

Gene decided to name the doll Robert. The doll became a constant companion to the little boy. Its said that the Otto's often heard Gene upstairs talking to the doll. This in itself might not have been so bad? What unsettled and puzzled the Otto's was hearing their son answering himself in an entirely different voice
than his own?

Many Strange things began to occur in the Otto household. Frequently Neighbors' claimed to see Robert move about from window to window, when the family was out of the house. Gene began to blame Robert for mishaps that would occur. The Otto's claimed to hear the doll giggle, and swear they caught glimpses of the doll running about the house.

Gene began to have nightmare's, and scream out in the night. When his parents would respond to Gene's cries, they often found furniture over turned, and their child in a fright. As a rule they would find Robert the doll at the foot of their sons bed - with his glaring gaze on his face! With Gene shouting,"Robert Did It"....

The doll was eventually put up in the attic. Where he resided for many years.

When Gene's father died, and the Otto home was willed to Gene.
Gene decided that he and his new wife would move into his childhood home. He had become an artist in his adult life, and felt the larger home would provide him and his wife a spacious place to live, plus the large turret room on the second floor would make a great studio for his painting.

After moving back to his boyhood home It wasn't long before Gene discovered Robert in the attic. He promptly moved him down to the turret room. Robert's hold on Gene was strong, and from the moment Gene again laid eye's on him, Robert's influence could be felt in the house. Gene's wife found Robert very odd and unsettling. One day while Gene was out of the house she decided she had enough of Robert's glare...and returned him to his attic sanctuary.

When Gene returned home, and found that the doll had been moved, he was displeased. He declared that Robert needed a room of his own where he could see out of a window. He hurriedly returned Robert to the turret room. It wasn't long after that Gene's wife began to question her husbands sanity ?



The citizens' of Key West began to spread rumors about Robert and his evil doings. Many people told stories of seeing and hearing Robert the doll in the turret room as they walked by the home. They claimed that Robert would mock them as they passed... School children feared walking by the Otto home , in fear of Robert's mean glare from the window above.

Gene, himself reported when visiting the turret room on occasion he would find Robert in the rocking chair by the window rocking, and complaining of his displeasure with his accommodations...

Finally Gene himself had enough of Robert's antics, and put him back in the attic. Visitors to the Otto's home would often comment on hearing something walking back and forth in the attic, along with strange giggling sounds. Guests'' no longer wanted to visit the home.

Gene Otto died in 1972, and his wife sold the home promptly - leaving Robert the doll behind in the attic.

A new family now lived in the home, and the stories of Robert died down...

Robert waited patiently up in the attic to be discovered once again. The Ten year old daughter of the new owners was quick to find Robert in the attic, and added him to her other toy's in her bedroom. It was not long before Robert unleashed his displeasure on the child... The little girl began screaming out in the night,claiming that the doll moved about the room, and would climb on her bed and attack her as she tried to sleep. Even after more than thirty years later, she steadfastly claims that " the doll was alive and wanted to kill her."

Robert, still dressed in his white sailor suit and clutching his stuffed lion lives comfortably, though well guarded in Key West at the Martello Museum. Employs at the museum continue to give accounts of Robert being up to his old tricks still today...

and the video

http://eventful.com/performers/paranormal-activity-/P0-001-000212499-6/competitions?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=competition-announcements

demand this shit!!!!

trailer: http://www.paranormalactivity-movie.com/trailer.html

CLICK ADAMS LINK AND DEMAND IT!!!

Paranormal Activity is a movie that made big waves at tonnes of reputable film festivals around the world. The movie was released as a (extremely) low budget film in mid 2005. i was watching reviews shortly after its release, and it's rumoured to be one of the scariest movies ever. Even critics who simply are not frightened by horror movies are said to have slept with lights on for months after seeing this one.

This movie is Oren Pelli's directional debut. the original was shot by him and a small crew with a camcorder. A few years after being released, Dreamworks bought the rights to a remake. If we know Dreamworks, they are going to cram this movie with all the "grudge" and "the ring" bullshit that you could possibly imagine.

The story goes that a couple in a home have been witness to some strange occurrances. Small things, at first, like lights moving or turning off of their own accord, or footsteps and sounds with no locatable epicenter. The husband decides to set up his camcorder to try to document the happenings. The situation escalates and the periods between the unexplained activities grow shorter and more intense.

I have read almost every review out there and it seems that a unanimous vote from viewers across the world have agreed... this movie is terryfying. the quality and direction of the film is rumored to be surreal and haunting. like the feeling you get after hearing a really scary story from your friends childhood accounts of encountering the unknown. only you get to see it.

If you demand this movie, you are helping Regina get closer to a screening of this film. We are in 16th place in North America right now, and we must be in top ten in order for them to screen it here.

Demand it. then we can go scare the shit out of ourselves.

PS
the robert the doll thing is creepy. Gene is fucked up. so is the doll.

so after looking on this site it has a "demand scroll" on top of the site which is around 370,000 and saying once 1,000,000 people are reached it will be released world wide. Well regardless this is going to happen. There has only been a total of 9,081 people who have demanded this movie all over north America, and the scroll is at 370,000+.....lol with basic math and the way it increasing the number we should reach 1,000,000 by the 19th of october...and i bet the movie will be released "Just in Time" for Halloween

im really pumped to see this shit...


a question totally aside from this is has anyone on here had a "paranormal" experience?

after readin bout that movie, i really want to see this.

some guy on another board i go on said that it was the scariest movie hes seen and that at the end ppl were running out of the theatre lol.

So its coming to Regina?!?!?!?!!?!?!!?

i guess thats what nation wide means
i herd the 18th

Woo can't wait

wut wut!

im a very scary guy... but ill still watch this....
I havent heard anyting in my house for a while already so i figured i should get some addrenaline running through my vains again...

haha

if the press release saying it was "nationwide" was in california, doesnt that mean its going to be released in the USA only...


there is nothing on cineplex.com, only the blurbs about the movie itsself.

I looked and the only canadian showing i could see was toronto so we shall see, it better come here.

perhaps there is a reason for ephin's torrent thread... you all will have your turn to download it

in the meantime go rent "trick r treat"
it was awesome!
no dumb torture porn, and had an awesome story and was really fun.
heres a trailer

i think i will have to watch that

laynehip wrote:

in the meantime go rent "trick r treat"
it was awesome!
no dumb torture porn, and had an awesome story and was really fun.
heres a trailer

Just watched it. I didnt really see how it had any real story haha. Was kinda all over the place but was a good movie overall.

so toronto only what a fucking rip off

i bet it will eventually come here...or at least somewhere closer

OCHO wrote:

Just watched it. I didnt really see how it had any real story haha. Was kinda all over the place but was a good movie overall.

haha well it had 4 mini stories that all combined together
reminded me of tales from the crypt.

OCHO wrote:

laynehip wrote:

in the meantime go rent "trick r treat"
it was awesome!
no dumb torture porn, and had an awesome story and was really fun.
heres a trailer

Just watched it. I didnt really see how it had any real story haha. Was kinda all over the place but was a good movie overall.

Totally didnt see the ware wolf part coming.

ha i really want to watch this "trick r treat" movie now, looks pretty sweet. I got good reviews too