PARANORMAL fanatics have spoken out after baseless rumors surrounding the disappearance of the supposedly haunted doll Annabelle went viral.
Social media has been rife with conspiracy theories claiming the red-headed toy had vanished or been stolen.
The doll burst onto the big screen via The Conjuring Universe horror franchise, but its real-life story dates back to the 1970s.
Baseless rumors have been swirling on TikTok that the real-life version of Annabelle escaped from its box, or went missing in Texas and Chicago.
Visitors in Louisiana stated that a particular doll was absent when it did not appear at an exhibit during the Devils on The Run Tour, according to WFLD-TV, a Fox affiliate.
The speculation has even prompted the New England Society for Psychic Research to speak about the doll’s whereabouts.
A TikTok video revealed Annabelle is still housed in the Warren’s Occult Museum in Connecticut.
The video showed the doll sitting in a case.
“Annabelle’s not missing. She’s not in Chicago,” the man in the video, known only as Dan, said.
Those who approach Annabelle’s glass box are instructed not to touch it based on a note.
The doll has been blamed for a blaze that gutted the Louisiana mansion, the Nottoway Plantation.
And, it has been bizarrely linked to a jailbreak that saw 10 inmates escape a New Orleans lockup.
The Raggedy Ann doll was given to student nurse Donna in 1970 as a present from her mom.
She claimed the doll inexplicably moved to different locations within her and her roommate’s homes.
Donna recalled on one instance she put the doll on the couch before leaving work only to discover that it was on the bed.
The doll apparently left notes and even turned violent against one of the student’s friends.
One of the notes said: “Help us,” while another reportedly said: “Help Lou,” according to the New England Society for Psychic Research.
Lou was a friend of the nurse and her mom.
The male friend claimed he woke up to a feeling of being strangled and had scratches on his body.
Meanwhile, the doll just stared at him as he was being allegedly attacked.
CHILLING BACKSTORY
The nurse and her mom called a medium, who revealed the story about a girl named Annabelle Higgins who was found dead at the age of seven.
The nurse called paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren and they probed the claims whether Annabelle was indeed haunted.
Legend has it that Annabelle was responsible for a man who died after visiting the museum.
The man apparently banged on the doll’s case – despite being warned not to touch it.
He then smashed into a tree while riding back from the museum with his girlfriend.
Rumors about the doll mysteriously escaping the Warren’s Occult museum circulated in 2020.
Tony Spera, the Warrens’ son in law, debunked the rumors.
“I don’t know if you’re going to want to hear this or not, but Annabelle did not escape,” he emphatically said in a YouTube video.
“Annabelle’s here in all her infamous glory. She never left the museum.
“If she had left the museum, I’d instantly know if something happened or somebody broke in.”
Annabelle is set to make an appearance in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in July as part of the Devils on The Run Tour.
