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Robert the Doll: Florida | 50 States of Folklore
Behind glass at Fort East Martello in Key West, Florida, a three-foot doll in a sailor suit stares back with painted eyes that never seem quite still. According to the legend, Robert was given to six-year-old Robert Eugene Otto in 1906, and the boy soon insisted the doll talked back, blaming it for every broken dish and overturned chair with the same words: Robert did it. Today staff warn visitors to ask Robert’s permission before taking his photo, and the walls around him are lined with apology letters from people who say their lives fell apart after they laughed, mocked, or ignored the…
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