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Spooky Key West Doll Has Paranormal Date In Clearwater

Associated Press file photo (1999)

Robert the Doll is part of the eccentric history of Key West.

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The Associated Press

Published: July 7, 2008

KEY WEST - KEY WEST - A Key West icon is leaving the island for the first time in more than 100 years.

Robert the Doll, whose has become a regular stop on ghost tours, will be featured at a paranormal conference in Clearwater.

The doll is scheduled to appear at the Atlantic Paranormal Society Convention on July 19 and 20.

The straw-filled doll belonged to Key West artist Robert Eugene Otto, who received the toy as a child in the late 1800s.

As the legend goes, Otto and the doll became close and the boy often blamed the doll for mishaps and strange events. The doll eventually began to frighten others and was relegated to an attic room.

The story continues that Robert the Doll would taunt children from the window as they walked past the house.

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