# Doll parts hanging from tree - whaddya think THAT means? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 14, 2021, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doll-parts-hanging-from-tree-whaddya-think-that-means/930545 "2021-01-14T19:19:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doll-parts-hanging-from-tree-whaddya-think-that-means/930545/1 "2021-01-14T19:19:23Z")
While walking my neighborhood, I recently noticed a house a couple of blocks from me that had doll parts hanging from a parkway tree. Just regular Barbie -type legs, arms, torsos, affixed with string. The went up sometime before x-mas. IIRC - the same house had a similar (display) maybe 5 years ago. Nothing else I would call at all “unusual” about the house. What would you imagine is behind that? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doll-parts-hanging-from-tree-whaddya-think-that-means/930545/2 "2021-01-14T20:22:50Z")
I donno, but I thought I remembered a similar tree from a movie. I couldn’t search that down, but I did find this: > **[Mexico’s Creepiest Tourist Destination: Island of the Dolls](https://weburbanist.com/2010/10/06/mexicos-creepiest-tourist-destination-island-of-the-dolls/)** > > Deep in the swampy canals near Mexico City sits a tiny island full of forlorn toys. Created out of superstition, the island is like a nightmare come true. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doll-parts-hanging-from-tree-whaddya-think-that-means/930545/3 "2021-01-15T13:34:05Z")
3 guesses: 1. Bored teenager 2. College Freshman art student 3. Middle-aged potential serial killer ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doll-parts-hanging-from-tree-whaddya-think-that-means/930545/4 "2021-01-15T13:38:06Z")
Somebody didn’t take down their Halloween decorations? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doll-parts-hanging-from-tree-whaddya-think-that-means/930545/5 "2021-01-15T13:38:10Z")
The Blair Witch is getting too lazy to make those “stick people”, and is now just using Found Objects. ---
**Author:** ![Jumpbass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jumpbass/32/147_2.png) [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doll-parts-hanging-from-tree-whaddya-think-that-means/930545/6 "2021-01-15T14:46:32Z")
It means that they’re coming for you! Wooo! Spooky! 😀 Art installation, not necessarily an art student. It sounds like something I’d do and I’m in my 50s. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doll-parts-hanging-from-tree-whaddya-think-that-means/930545/7 "2021-01-15T19:52:26Z")
A racist practicing for a lynching. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doll-parts-hanging-from-tree-whaddya-think-that-means/930545/8 "2021-01-18T01:26:49Z")
Obviously, Ken has finally snapped. That’s what lacking genitalia will do to you. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doll-parts-hanging-from-tree-whaddya-think-that-means/930545/9 "2021-01-18T04:26:45Z")
Hey, if it was good enough for the Beatles… ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doll-parts-hanging-from-tree-whaddya-think-that-means/930545/10 "2021-01-18T04:32:51Z")
Cross Theodore Bear, and you will suffer the consequences. 'Nuff said. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doll-parts-hanging-from-tree-whaddya-think-that-means/930545/11 "2021-01-18T07:51:10Z")
It is a clear sign of ritual satanism. You should consult local psychics on how to proceed with a neighborhood inquisition. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doll-parts-hanging-from-tree-whaddya-think-that-means/930545/12 "2021-01-18T22:44:03Z")
An auto parts store from my younger days had a memorable warning I wish I had a photo of. Right over the counter was hanging an old glove. Black leather, burnt, split, shrunk and hardened like it was clutching something. A hand lettered sign read, “Though shalt not steal”. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doll-parts-hanging-from-tree-whaddya-think-that-means/930545/13 "2021-01-19T00:54:57Z")
Walked past today. Nothing else unusual about the house. A couple of Star Wars and U of Ill stickers on the car (Nissan Rogue), and a couple of bird cages visible thru the windows. (The house is on a corner lot and the sidewalk passes quite close along the side of the house.) ISTR years back, when the doll parts were hung before, there was a sign in the window saying something like “Doll Hospital”, and ISTR some bigger dolls in the windows. None visible today.