What if Annabelle was real?
She’s supposed to be, according to paranormal experts Ed and Lorraine Warren and capitalized
sign guarding the raggedy Ann doll’s glass case in their Occult Museum.
But let’s jump into hypothetical land today and speculate what would happen if the possessed
doll was still on the loose and not in the confines of their Connecticut basement?
For those of you unfamiliar with the full story on Annabelle, here’s a recap, based
on the Warrens’ telling of the story.
Back in 1970, a mother purchased a doll for her daughter Donna from a thrift shop.
Donna, who was in college at the time and lived away from home, loved the gift, and
brought it back to the apartment she shared with her roommate Angie.
A few days after the doll was in their apartment, the two women began to notice odd occurrences,
with the doll seemingly moving around, changing its position.
At first it was slight, but it grew more obvious over time, and began tome from room to room.
Donna would even find the doll moved into her room, sitting on top of her bed with the
door closed when she returned home from work.
Shortly after that, Donna and Angie began finding notes around the apartment, on parchment
paper that appeared to be written by a child.
The notes read “help up” and ‘help Lou”.
At this point, the women decided to call upon a medium to ask for help.
The medium told them that the doll was in fact possessed with a spirit the name of Annabelle
Higgins, and that she resided on the property before the apartment they lived in was built.
She was only 7 when she died.
The spirit of Annabelle then asked the medium to ask Donna and Angie if she could stay with
them and be loved.
The women agreed, feeling a sense of empathy for the young girl.
But turns out that the spirit tricked the medium, and was something much more sinister.
Over the next several days, things got stranger.
One of their friends, Lou, was attacked by the doll, leaving claw marks across his skin
and attempted to strangle him.
This is when the Warrens were brought in, and they revealed that it was not a young
girl within the doll, but a demon who was manipulating it in hopes of trying to possess
either Donna or Angie.
The warrens took the doll away, and brought a priest in to cleanse the apartment.
Annabelle has since been kept in their Occult Museum, with the sign ‘warning, positively
do not open.’
So what if Annabelle was never taken away by the Warrens?
According to Ed and Lorraine, if the demon had another 2 or 3 more weeks to keep up the
kinds of activities it was doing, the spirit would have likely been capable of possessing
one of them, and potentially would have killed the others.
And it likely would have been Donna who would have been possessed, since the doll was given
to her initially.
But then what?
As is the case with many other individuals who are allegedly possessed, the demon doesn’t
always have control over the individual.
Often, it appears at specific hours, or in increments, rather than being full blown demon
24/7.
The possessed individual is capable of carrying on their lives, but their situation grows
more dire.
To the outside observer, they begin to act strangely, and they act repulsed towards religions
iconography.
But eventually, it would be likely that Donna’s relatives, loved ones and peers would have
noticed something was up.
From there on out, it would be likely that a priest would be brought in to expel the
demon, which would either result in the demon exorcised, or Donna potentially dying.
Depending on if the exorcism is successful, the demon may be able to possess again.
And the cycle would continue.
For the most part, if Annabelle doll and the spirit manipulating her is actually authentic,
it’s best that the Warrens got to Donna and Angie when they did, locking up the doll
and keeping the spirit contained and at bay.
That’s arguably the most realistic series of events that would occur.
The kind of demon that possessed Annabelle has never been fully disclosed by the Warrens,
so to speculate what kind of behavior it may engage in beyond possession is hard to determine.
That being said, there is also the possibility that Annabelle could have chosen to remain
in doll form.
while it seems unlikely, as the Warrens have stated what the demons true intentions are,
perhaps after possessing Donna or Angie, the demon would exhaust their bodies, and jump
ship back into the doll as a means of finding a new host to reign terror with.
If this is the case, while the doll has proven to be capable of moving and levitating, it
seems likely that upon their deaths, the doll would be sold with other belongings, or discarded,
with the latter option being less preferable to the demon; it would be harder for it to
find a new victim if its spending all of its time in a landfill.
Alright there we have it folks!
What are your thoughts?
Do you think something more sinister would have happened if the Warrens didn’t come
along?
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