Robert the Doll

I will tell you a little bit about Robert the Doll. He is a 3 ft doll from head to toe and was given life like features and was also said to be a voo doo doll. He was given as a gift to Gene from his Jamaican nurse, now usually every kid has an imagination with everything and has an imaginary play mate. Gene’s parents usually heard him talking to Robert, but the weird thing is there was a voice that would answer back that wouldn’t be Gene’s voice. Mishaps started to happen and Gene’s answer would be “Robert did it.” Usually when the Otto’s were out of the house neighbors said they could see Robert run from window to window in the house and they said they could often hear Robert talk and giggle. At night Gene started to scream out in the night and when his parents would run to his room his furniture would be turned over and at the foot of Gene’s bed there would be Robert sitting there glaring. Eventually Gene’s parents put Robert up in the attic.
When Robert’s parents died they gave the house to Gene. Now all grown up Gene and his wife moved in to his childhood home. He was now an artist and felt him and his wife needed a more spacious house. It wasn’t long till Gene found Robert up in the attic and moved him down to the turret room. Gene’s wife did not like Robert one bit and felt an evil presence to the doll. One day when Gene was out of the house his wife moved Robert back up to the attic, when Gene came home to find Robert misplaced he got mad and said Robert needed a room to himself and moved Robert back to the turret room. The people of Key West always hated walking by the Otto home. Gene finally got tired of Robert’s antics and moved him back to the attic. Guest often heard things in the attic move around and hears giggling and all together stopped visiting. Gene died in 1972 and his wife sold the house leaving Robert in the attic. The rumors died down in Key West and a new family moved in. A little girl who was ten found Robert in the attic and added him to her toy collection. It wasn’t long before she started screaming in the night. They then donated him to the East Martello museum where you can now find Robert the Doll. People have had bad experiences with him there too. You never want to make fun of Robert, because things start to happen to you that are not good. You are always suppose to ask Robert to take his picture, and if your picture turns out black he didn’t want you to take his picture. Robert is a real thing and if you don’t believe me why don’t you visit him in Key Wet, Florida.