July 26, 2014: For the kid who has everything! How about…terror?!!
Next to clowns, furry spiders, and old timey pictures of twins, there’s nothing quite as creepy as a porcelain doll. I discovered this several years ago, on my first trip to San Diego, when I stayed at a turn-of-the-century hotel that thoroughly freaked out my ex. I attribute her response to a few things: the mysterious rattling in the walls that would awaken us in the dead of night, the “haunted ghost tour” that strolled through the lobby while we were checking in, and, of course, the management’s decision to adorn each floor with a deeply disturbing selection of antique dolls. Yep, it was mighty eerie, so I can imagine how parents in Orange County may have felt waking up one morning to discover THIS on their doorstep:
Come and play with us. Forever…and ever…and ever…
These night time deliveries were made even more unsettling by the fact that, in some instances, the dolls actually resembled the little girls living in the recipient households.
I mean…WTF?! What kind of a warped mind is at work here?! It’s like something out of a horror movie or the deepest recesses of an asylum for the criminally insane or…a kindly church member clearing out an old toy collection.
Sorry? What?
“The woman – who police haven’t named – told them that she was only trying to give away toys her own family had outgrown and had tried to match the girls in the neighborhood with dolls that looked like them.
“She tried to pick dolls that resembled girls who lived there,” Hallock said. “In her mind, her motivation was purely kindness. It was meant as
a good-will gesture. In retrospect, I think she wishes she would have left a note.””
Yeah, in retrospect, maybe a heads up would have been a good idea.
A powerful lesson learned. Always accompany your gift with a note.
Or, in the case of the following toys, avoid the gift altogether and just leave the note…
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