# So I have a creepy doll in my room tonight. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 2, 2011, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-a-creepy-doll-in-my-room-tonight/594906 "2011-09-02T01:07:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-a-creepy-doll-in-my-room-tonight/594906/21 "2011-09-02T18:55:54Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > Heh. Did you ever see _The Blair Witch Project?_ > > At the end, one of the doomed teenagers gets to the scary room before the others, and when they arrive, he (can’t remember) is inexplicably standing in the corner, facing the wall, unwilling or unable to turn around. The effect is very creepy. It’s not inexplicable. Early in the movie, the kids find out that the Blair Witch/killer/weirdo person used to kill kids and would make one kid stand in the corner facing the wall while he/she/it killed another kid. Which makes the “standing in the corner” part even more fucking creepy. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-a-creepy-doll-in-my-room-tonight/594906/22 "2011-09-02T19:29:14Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > [Here’s our scary doll](http://www.flickr.com/photos/46138173@N08/6104476109/). My family prefers I keep it outside, rather than lurking near the washing machine in the basement. Shit. Wow. Please tell the story behind your acquisition of Horror Sue there. I used to do home visits when I worked in child mental health. One of my clients had a creepy ventriloquist’s dummy in the living room. I practically reported them for that alone. _It was always… **always** watching me!_ ---
**Author:** ![Feyrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/fbc32d/32.png) [@Feyrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feyrat)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-a-creepy-doll-in-my-room-tonight/594906/23 "2011-09-02T19:52:26Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > [Here’s our scary doll](http://www.flickr.com/photos/46138173@N08/6104476109/). My family prefers I keep it outside, rather than lurking near the washing machine in the basement. Okay, holy fuck. I will never come to your house. That thing must be the BEST solicitor/proselytizer deterrent EVER! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-a-creepy-doll-in-my-room-tonight/594906/24 "2011-09-02T19:57:08Z")
> [@lorene](#): > > \ > _It was always… **always** watching me!_ That’s what creepy dolls do. That and move around at night. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-a-creepy-doll-in-my-room-tonight/594906/25 "2011-09-02T22:22:12Z")
> [@lorene](#): > > Shit. Wow. > > Please tell the story behind your acquisition of Horror Sue there. > > I used to do home visits when I worked in child mental health. One of my clients had a creepy ventriloquist’s dummy in the living room. I practically reported them for that alone. > > _It was always… **always** watching me!_ The doll is about 3 feet tall, and has a mechanism that makes her leg move if you lift her arm, like an old Saucy Walker doll. I first got her twenty years ago at a yard sale to use as a Halloween party prop. Nowadays she usually ends up next to the front porch scaring trick-or-treaters. But the rest of the year, she just lurks about, depending on who in the family finds a good spot for her. She will turn up in closets, behind doors, in dark basement corners, etc. Sometimes after a good scare, someone will angrily stick her outside and forget her for awhile, and winter weather and summer sun has taken its toll on her. One eye fell out a couple of years ago, the other is clouded over, much of her hair has broken off. I found [my daughter](http://www.flickr.com/photos/46138173@N08/6106906939/) [using her](http://www.flickr.com/photos/46138173@N08/6107454638/) for Red Ryder BB gun target practice a couple of months ago. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-a-creepy-doll-in-my-room-tonight/594906/26 "2011-09-02T22:42:42Z")
The fact that you have kept that fucking thing for twenty years without someone dying under mysterious circumstances or killing it with fire makes your family That Creepy Family Down the Block. I salute you. ---
**Author:** ![Amasia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba9def/32.png) [@Amasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amasia)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-a-creepy-doll-in-my-room-tonight/594906/27 "2011-09-02T22:48:11Z")
> [@Kolga](#): > > The fact that you have kept that fucking thing for twenty years without someone dying under mysterious circumstances or killing it with fire makes your family That Creepy Family Down the Block. > > I salute you. Ha ha. Silly **Kolga** - you can’t kill an evil doll with fire. They might kill you with fire though… ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-a-creepy-doll-in-my-room-tonight/594906/28 "2011-09-02T22:53:44Z")
> [@Kolga](#): > > The fact that you have kept that fucking thing for twenty years without someone dying under mysterious circumstances or killing it with fire makes your family That Creepy Family Down the Block. > > I salute you. Are you so sure? Sure looks to me like it’s taken a beating (yet seemingly came out _fairly_ unscathed each time) over the years. Probably had been tried to set on fire 50 times by now… ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-a-creepy-doll-in-my-room-tonight/594906/29 "2011-09-02T23:34:47Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > The doll is about 3 feet tall, and has a mechanism that makes her leg move if you lift her arm, like an old Saucy Walker doll. I first got her twenty years ago at a yard sale to use as a Halloween party prop. Nowadays she usually ends up next to the front porch scaring trick-or-treaters. But the rest of the year, she just lurks about, depending on who in the family finds a good spot for her. She will turn up in closets, behind doors, in dark basement corners, etc. Sometimes after a good scare, someone will angrily stick her outside and forget her for awhile, and winter weather and summer sun has taken its toll on her. One eye fell out a couple of years ago, the other is clouded over, much of her hair has broken off. I found [my daughter](http://www.flickr.com/photos/46138173@N08/6106906939/) [using her](http://www.flickr.com/photos/46138173@N08/6107454638/) for Red Ryder BB gun target practice a couple of months ago. WTF! You’re ANGERING it!! Stop immediately! :eek::eek::eek: ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2011, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-a-creepy-doll-in-my-room-tonight/594906/30 "2011-09-03T09:43:04Z")
I know right… you’re just ASKING for a spirit of vengeance to come inhabit that thing. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2011, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-a-creepy-doll-in-my-room-tonight/594906/31 "2011-09-03T19:48:32Z")
Between this thread and the spider threads here I may never sleep again… :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-a-creepy-doll-in-my-room-tonight/594906/32 "2011-09-04T09:15:54Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > I found [my daughter](http://www.flickr.com/photos/46138173@N08/6106906939/) [using her](http://www.flickr.com/photos/46138173@N08/6107454638/) for Red Ryder BB gun target practice a couple of months ago. Has you daughter died a horrible death yet? ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-a-creepy-doll-in-my-room-tonight/594906/33 "2011-09-04T14:44:55Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > The doll is about 3 feet tall, and has a mechanism that makes her leg move if you lift her arm, like an old Saucy Walker doll. I first got her twenty years ago at a yard sale to use as a Halloween party prop. Nowadays she usually ends up next to the front porch scaring trick-or-treaters. But the rest of the year, she just lurks about, depending on who in the family finds a good spot for her. She will turn up in closets, behind doors, in dark basement corners, etc. Sometimes after a good scare, someone will angrily stick her outside and forget her for awhile, and winter weather and summer sun has taken its toll on her. One eye fell out a couple of years ago, the other is clouded over, much of her hair has broken off. I found [my daughter](http://www.flickr.com/photos/46138173@N08/6106906939/) [using her](http://www.flickr.com/photos/46138173@N08/6107454638/) for Red Ryder BB gun target practice a couple of months ago. My skin actually crawled upon reading that. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-a-creepy-doll-in-my-room-tonight/594906/34 "2011-09-04T15:06:09Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > Has you daughter died a horrible death yet? Daughter is still fine; however, BBs seem to have little to no effect on the doll. Right now, she (doll, not daughter) is propped up so that her head is peering over the fence into my unpleasant neighbor’s yard. Maybe now he’ll take care of those blackberry brambles. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-a-creepy-doll-in-my-room-tonight/594906/35 "2011-09-04T15:51:15Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > But the rest of the year, she just lurks about, depending on who in the family finds a good spot for her. She will turn up in closets, behind doors, in dark basement corners, etc. It occurs to me that your family members are blaming the scares on each other; has anyone actually _admitted_ to moving the doll around? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-a-creepy-doll-in-my-room-tonight/594906/36 "2011-09-04T16:47:19Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > **Creepy Doll** wants to play with you, Idle Thoughts. I’m so glad I’m not the only person who immediately though of that. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-a-creepy-doll-in-my-room-tonight/594906/37 "2011-09-04T17:19:40Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > [Here’s our scary doll](http://www.flickr.com/photos/46138173@N08/6104476109/). My family prefers I keep it outside, rather than lurking near the washing machine in the basement. :eek: Oh sweet Jesus, I’m going to be seeing that face in my nightmares tonight. :eek: …Actually, that “time-out” doll that **Dung Beetle** posted might be slightly creepier. If I saw that thing in any of the corners in MY house, especially at night, I’d expect it to turn around real slowly and float towards me with its arms out, like the ghost in the elevator scene in _The Eye_. ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-a-creepy-doll-in-my-room-tonight/594906/38 "2011-09-04T17:28:28Z")
seriously, i can hear the creepy sing-song voice as it turns around and seeks you… _98, 99, 100! Ready or not, here I come! lalalala la laa~_ ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-a-creepy-doll-in-my-room-tonight/594906/39 "2011-09-04T18:20:40Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > It’s not going to come to life and kill me at night, is it? No, that particular type gets it’s kicks out of torture. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-a-creepy-doll-in-my-room-tonight/594906/40 "2011-09-04T18:24:00Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Daughter is still fine; however, BBs seem to have little to no effect on the doll. Right now, she (doll, not daughter) is propped up so that her head is peering over the fence into my unpleasant neighbor’s yard. Maybe now he’ll take care of those blackberry brambles. You play hardball. > [@Maiira](#): > > \ > …Actually, that “time-out” doll that **Dung Beetle** posted might be slightly creepier. If I saw that thing in any of the corners in MY house, especially at night, I’d expect it to turn around real slowly and float towards me with its arms out, like the ghost in the elevator scene in _The Eye_. Don’t forget about the NO FACE part. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-a-creepy-doll-in-my-room-tonight/594906.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-a-creepy-doll-in-my-room-tonight/594906.md?page=3)