Abantu abaningi bangavuma ukuthi okulandelayo kunembile ngoRobert the Doll: Uyesabeka. Lowo muzwa wokungakhululeki wokuthi okuthile noma othile ubesibuka, sengathi into engaphili ibuyile. Abantu abaningi eKey West abazizwanga ngaleyondlela kuphela, kodwa futhi bakubonile lapho bebona uRobert The Doll, ithoyizi elidume kabi.
Ukuqala
Ngasekuqaleni kweminyaka yama-1900, kwakuhlala umfana omncane ogama lakhe linguRobert Eugene Otto noma kungekudala abizwa ngo-'Gene 'ku-Otto Family eKey West, e-United States, owathola udoli ogcwele utshani ongaziwa komunye wezintombi zomndeni wabo azodlala naye. Wayeneminyaka engu-4 kuphela ngaleso sikhathi.
Usuku nosuku, uGene omncane wayekhombisa uthando olukhulu ngopopayi bakhe abalingana nempilo yakhe futhi wayethanda ukuletha yonke indawo, aze ayiqambe ngegama lokuthi 'Robert'. Akubanga isikhathi eside kangaka, ngaphambi kokuba abantu baqale ukubona izimpawu zobubi nobubi bukaRobert the Doll.
Njengoba kunamahlebezi okuthi amalungu omndeni wakwa-Otto kanye nezisebenzi zabo babevame ukuzwa uGene egumbini lakhe lokulala, bexoxa naye ngamazwi amabili ahluke ngokuphelele abachitha kakhulu.
Ukwenza izinto zingajwayelekile, ama-Ottos ayevuka ngezikhathi zaphakathi kwamabili amemeze esegumbini lokulala likaGene, amthole ethukile embhedeni, ezungezwe yifenisha ehlakazekile neguquliwe. UGene uzolahla uRobert the Doll ngakho konke lokho kubheda okungahambi kahle, kuyilapho uRobert emgqolozela ngonyawo lombhede wakhe.
Okuwukuphela kwamagama kaGene athi, "URobert ukwenzile," ayezophinda awaphindaphinde kaningi ebusheni bakhe noma nini lapho kwenzeka noma yini engajwayelekile, engaqondakali, noma eyingozi.
Ngabe konke lokho kwakwenziwa nguRobert?
Akekho owazi ngokuqinisekile ukuthi kungani noma kanjani ukuthi ithoyizi lalengane lingadala umonakalo omkhulu ekamelweni lokulala lengane noma lenze noma yini nhlobo; ngemuva kwakho konke, bekuyinto yokudlala kuphela, akunjalo? Kepha izehlakalo ezingajwayelekile futhi ezingaqondakali aziphelanga lapho.
Abazali bakaGene babevame ukuzwa ingane yabo phezulu ixoxa nodoli bese bethola impendulo ngezwi elihluke ngokuphelele futhi uGene uqinisekisa njalo, “URobert ukwenzile!”. Yize ama-Ottos ayecabanga ukuthi konke lokhu kwenziwe kabi nguGene, baphinde bathi babonile lo doli ekhuluma futhi ubuso bakhe buguquka. Kwakukhona nokugigitheka nokubukwa kukaRobert ekhuphuka ngezitebhisi noma ebuka ngefasitela eliphezulu.
Abantu abadlulayo babevame ukuthi bathi babona unodoli omncane elunguza futhi ehamba esuka ewindini aye ewindini lapho umndeni uya kwenye indawo, kanti ezinye izivakashi endlini zazingachaza nokuthi isimo sodoli sishintshe kanjani ngokwengxoxo egumbini.
URobert wahlala noGene impilo yakhe yonke, kwathi lapho abazali bakaGene sebeshonile, wazuza njengefa leKey West Mansion yakhe futhi wabuyela lapho nomkakhe u-Anne. UGene wabona ukuthi lo doli wayefuna igumbi lakhe, ngakho wamfaka egumbini eliphezulu ngefasitela elibheke emgwaqweni.
Ngaleso sikhathi, uGene waqala ukusebenza njengomdwebi, futhi izinganekwane zendawo zigcizelela ukuthi wayevame ukuchitha isikhathi sakhe eyedwa ekhaya, ependa nomngani wakhe wakudala wobuntwana uRobert. Kepha u-Anne wayehlala edelela unodoli ngokuphelele futhi wayengajabule ukuba noRobert ekhaya, ngenkathi engakwazi ukubeka umunwe kuso, wayefuna ukuthi uGene avalele lo doli ophahleni lapho ayengeke alimaze muntu khona. UGene wavuma, futhi njengoba kungalindelwa, uRobert the Doll wayenganelisekile ngendawo yakhe entsha.
Ngokushesha kwase kunemisindo yomuntu ohamba ehla enyuka futhi ehleka endlini ephezulu. Izingane ezingomakhelwane zibike ukuthi zibone uRobert ezibuka efasiteleni eliphezulu lokulala futhi ezwa unodoli ebaklolodela njengoba beya esikoleni. UGene wagijimela ukuyobheka ngokushesha nje lapho ezwa lokhu, azi ukuthi wayekhiyele uRobert ekamelweni elisophahleni nokuthi wayengeke ahlale efasiteleni lekamelo eliphezulu.
Lapho engena emnyango wegumbi lokulala, nokho, wabona uRobert ehleli esihlalweni ngasefasiteleni, wamangala. UGene wayekhiye kaningi evalele uRobert ekamelweni elisophahleni, wamthola ehleli phansi ngefasitela egumbini elifanayo lasekamelweni eliphezulu. Futhi ngemuva kokushona komyeni wakhe ngo-1974, u-Anne wafuna ukugcina unodoli ebhokisini lomsedari kuze kube phakade, kanti ezinye izindaba zendawo zithi u-Anne uyafa kancane kancane ngenxa 'yokuhlanya' ngemuva kokuvalela uRobert ekamelweni eliphezulu.
Umndeni omusha ongazihlanganisa nawo
Eminyakeni embalwa ngemuva kokushona kuka-Anne uRobert The I-Haunted Doll itholwe futhi lapho umndeni omusha ungena endaweni ka-Eaton Street, indodakazi yabo eneminyaka eyishumi ubudala yajabula kakhulu ngokuthola uRobert the Doll ekamelweni elisophahleni.
Injabulo yakhe yaba ngeyesikhashana, nokho, njengoba ethi uRobert wayesaphila nokuthi lo doli wayehlose ukumlimaza. Wayevuka kaningi phakathi kwamabili, wethuka, futhi wazisa abazali bakhe ukuthi uRobert wayezungeze igumbi.
Namuhla, iGene's Key West Mansion isebenzisa umbhede nesidlo sasekuseni esibizwa nge-Artist House, futhi izivakashi zingahlala kulelo gumbi lokulala elidala laseGene, kanti uRobert the Doll manje uhlala I-Fort East Martello Museum eKey West, kanye nebhere lakhe, futhi abanye bakholelwa ukuthi umbala wezinwele nomphefumulo wakhe kuya ngokuya kubuna.
Ingabe uRobert ungenelwe ngempela?
Abantu abaningi bakholelwa ukuthi ububi bukaRobert buvela kumuntu owamnika uGene Otto kwasekuqaleni - inceku eyayisebenza kubazali bakaGene. Le ntokazi kusolwa ukuthi yayihlukunyezwa ngabaphathi bayo, yingakho yathuka lo doli ngeVoodoo neBlack Magic ukuze ibajezise.
Lokho kungachaza ukuhlangana okungajwayelekile nokwesabekayo abantu abaye baba nakho noRobert the Doll. Kepha, uma kunjalo, ngabe ukuhlupheka ngeke kuphele lapho abanikazi befa? Akekho owazi ngokuqinisekile.
Linda, indaba ayipheli okwamanje!
Ngokusobala, uRobert usenezenzo ezithile ezimbi futhi isenzo sakhe samanje asithandayo sibandakanya ukuqalekisa lezo zivakashi ezithatha isithombe sakhe ngaphandle kokucela imvume kuqala. Abantu abaningi baye bathi lapho bezama ukuthatha isithombe sikaRobert, amakhamera abo abengasebenziseki, kodwa aqala ukusebenza ngemuva kokuphuma kwabo emnyuziyamu.
URobert The Doll ubekwe esikhwameni sengilazi, kepha lokho kubonakala kungamvimbi kubasebenzi bemyuziyamu abesabekayo nabavakashi. Abasebenzi babike ukushintsha kobuso, bezwa ukuhleka kobudemoni, futhi baze babona noRobert ebeka isandla sakhe phezulu engilazini.
Kuze kube manje, izindonga eziseduze necala lakhe lengilazi zingabonakala zimbozwe ngezinhlamvu eziningi namagama avela kubavakashi bangaphambilini nakubantu ababebanga ubukhosi, becela intethelelo kaRobert futhi bemcela ukuba asuse noma iyiphi i-hex ayiphonsile. Ngakho-ke, qaphela ngaphambi kokudideka noRobert the Haunted Doll .. !!
