Robert (doll)

[4] In 1994, the doll was donated to the East Martello Museum in Key West, Florida, where it became a popular tourist attraction.

[6] According to legend, the doll has supernatural abilities that allow it to move, change its facial expressions, and make giggling sounds.

Some versions of the legend claim that a young girl of "Bahamian descent" gave Otto the doll as a gift or as "retaliation for a wrongdoing".

Other stories claim that the doll moved voodoo figurines around the room, and was "aware of what went on around him".

According to local folklore, the doll has caused "car accidents, broken bones, job loss, divorce and a cornucopia of other misfortunes", and museum visitors supposedly experience "post-visit misfortunes" for "failing to respect Robert".

Doll in sailor suit seated on small chair; walls behind covered in pinned-up letters
Robert the doll pictured in 2011