the yorkshire museum put out a call to museums around the world on Twitter to come up with the
it off the Yorkshire museum offered up a third to fourth century hair bun from the burial of
a Roman lady with the Jett pin still in place the hair bun was so well preserved because it
was in a coffin that was lined with lead and filled with gypsum several other museums came
up with hair themed objects the Jenice country village and museum posted a lire shaped wreath
of flowers and foliage made out of hair wires and beads the hair in this decoration was said
to be made from the relatives and friends of the person who created it Lombard Historical
Society posted some Victorian hair art which was a way to memorialize a person this piece
is made with real baby's hair and was found in a wall during the renovation of a home
not to be outdone Ripley's Believe It or Not posted a hundred-pound hairball this hairball
was a collection started by a salon owner who pasted together bits of its clients hair with
gorilla glue and hairspray to keep it together by the 2019 the hairball weighed over a hundred
pounds and still continues to grow to this day dolls and toys was another popular theme the
New Jersey State Museum posted this ceramic doll made by the fall for pottery company around 1920
museums Victoria Australia's largest museum posted this life-sized baby doll apparently
one staffer found the dolls face too horrendous to bear and they covered in tissue paper so they
wouldn't have to look at it the Rideau District Museum in Westport Ontario posted this picture
of a doll with three faces and for good measure they claimed that the museum is haunted by two
ghosts the Brampton museum posted this picture of their beloved doll Myrtle and the Museum of fear
and wonder in Alberta Canada posted a picture of this 19th century wax child mannequin from
Germany it had been stored in a heated attic for many years which flattened its facial features and
gave it a distinctive snow to the East Martello Museum posted a picture of its famous Robert the
doll looking like a little boy in a sailor suit Robert the doll is said to be haunted
and has caused car accidents broken bones loss of jobs divorce and other misfortunes Robert
is said to disappear and reappear in different locations and sometimes it is accompanied by
the sound of footsteps and giggling in the attic where he resides other creepy toys submitted in
the battle include this terrifying clown figure posted by the Wisconsin Historical Society and
this toy dog from around 1900 which was submitted by the Elkhart country museum
many of the museums were excited to submit photos of their creepy animal exhibits the Bell Museum
shared this naturally mummified pigeon which had been sealed in the wall and then had its feathers
eaten by insects the Mona Museum in Tasmania shared a diorama of a late Victorian tea made
out of taxidermied cats the Te Papa Museum in New Zealand shared a picture of its taxidermy
dog which is part of an exhibit on invasive pests and what they can do to indigenous species other
animals included this taxidermy Bobcat provided by the Cascade Locks Historical Museum and Sweden's
royal grip some Castle posted a picture of its taxidermy lion apparently in 1731 the king of
Sweden was presented with a living lion after it passed away it was sent to be stuffed however the
stuffer had never seen a lion before this is what they came up with this is a petrified cat
from the Ipswich Museum throughout the centuries people have found cats in and under their houses
sometimes these cats have been accidentally been trapped and petrified but sometimes they were
left there on purpose to help fend off vermin the York Castle Museum posted a Victorian era
exhibit which consisted of handmade models of figures playing cards the twist those figures
were made out of crab claws several museums also posted their version of a Fiji mermaid
Natural Sciences Museum posted this one which was made out of the back half of a Pacific wrasse a
fish jaw was then inserted into a sculpted head to create this terrifying beast other
examples were posted by the Banff Trading Post in Alberta Canada a Japanese mermaid posted by
the Horniman Museum and this and this less than convincing example posted by the National Museum
of Scotland taking it a step further some of the museum's even posted human artifact this
is the enshrined head of St. Oliver Plunkett which resides at St. Peter's Church this exhibit shows
the severed head of Peter Kurten the vampire of Dusseldorf Peter was said to have committed a
series of murders in 1929 where he was known to drink the blood of his victims and this exhibit
shows the remains of the Red Barn murderer William quarter that's his scalp as well as
a book that was bound from the skin of his back and finally leaving off with one exhibit that
seems a little bit appropriate for the times we live in the Dutch Historical Museum posted
this plague mask take care and stay safe everyone for now it's time to exit through the gift shop