Hiding away in the basement of the Riverton Museum is perhaps the creepiest doll in all of Wyoming. Its appearance is so unsettling that even museum employees are visibly reluctant to touch or hold it.
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The doll’s name is Amelia. She’s one of those old-fashioned oilcloth dolls with what is still a pretty pink dress embroidered with blue flowers, though the dress is now faded and a bit tattered.
“I’m not a fan of touching the doll,” admitted museum worker Kevin Scannell. “Part of it is her hair. I didn’t know she had human hair before, and that definitely makes it less appealing.”
But Skannel also isn’t a fan of touching the doll’s dishwater-white oilcloth skin.
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