Annabelle doll sparks panic as she goes on TOUR despite paranormal experts saying she should NEVER be moved
As another Annabelle sequel is set to be released this year, the iconic haunted doll has been making its rounds across America sending TikTokers into a frenzy.
The doll got the attention of millions of TikTok users after paranormal investigator and former host of Paranormal State, Ryan Daniel Buell, posted videos of the doll's tour.
The Devils on the Run Tour takes items, including Annabelle, from the Warrens Occult Museum collection in Monroe across the country.
Yet, the infamous doll's movements have people online up in arms following the warnings from the Warren's to never move Annabelle.
Warren's Occult Museum was curated by paranormal researchers Ed and Lorraine Warren, who investigated the doll in the 1970s following a haunting encounter.
Annabelle, a Raggedy Anne doll that stands upright at roughly three feet tall, was a gift to a Hartford nurse in 1970 who brought it home.
But she and her roommates began reporting unexplained behavior from the doll, according to the New England Society for Psychic Research. Annabelle reportedly moved on her own and at one point attacked the fiancé of one of its owners.
That's when the Warrens stepped in to investigate.
The couple claimed the doll was being manipulated by a spirit and performed an exorcism before taking the doll away with them.
Annabelle then became one of the most well-known haunted items following the Conjuring and Annabelle movie franchises.
Now, as she tours the country with other items from the Warren's museum, Buell has been following the doll and giving updates on her tour across the country.
Buell posted a video discussing Annabelle's appearance at West Virginia State Penitentiary, and he recalled his own haunting experience at the allegedly haunted site in 2009.
'This is the first time we're bringing haunted artifacts into West Virginia State Penitentiary, so that's gonna be interesting. Especially Annabelle, like the real Annabelle,' he said.
Buell explained that the doll was 'slowly' being transported to San Antonio, Texas, for Psychic Festival.
'I think this is the furthest she's travelled in decades, if not ever, so we'll see how tonight goes.'
He added that she would be 'secure' with members of NESPR and they would have a Catholic priest with them.
Buell then shared videos of the doll in the penitentiary, infuriating users online who echoed the Warren's warning not the move her.
'Lorraine said not to move her. THE WARRENS SAID NOT TO MOVE HER,' one wrote.
Another said: 'Tony should be ashamed of himself cause I know he is apart of it. Ed & Lorraine said no matter what happens to them Annabelle does not leave the museum. Tony has gone against it numerous times for $.'
'Lorraine and Ed rolling over in their graves right now,' another wrote.
Buell, however, addressed in a video the comments, claiming that the couple travelled with Annabelle on tour to teach the public about the items and the occult.
Annabelle next went to New Orleans before arriving in San Antonio Friday morning at the 'haunted' Black Swan Inn, according to Buell's posts.
Annabelle has remained locked in a case with a sign made by Ed Warren that reads 'positively do not open'.
Since the museum's closure, and the Warrens' warnings, Annabelle's case has in fact been opened.
The doll is handled only by Daniel Rivera, the senior Lead Investigator for NESPR, who wears gloves with crosses on them and saint medals in the fingertips.
Rivera also built a new box for the doll better suited to move her around.
'So the reason why I built the case was because the museum was closed and we wanted to keep educating the public about these items that Ed and Lorraine collected,' he told CT Insider.
Rivera said he added extra protective measures including cutting out crosses on three sides, representing the Catholic Holy Trinity, using a stain infused with holy water and holy oil as well as inscribing the Lord's Prayer and Saint Michael's prayer behind the felt in the case, the outlet reported.
The measures were taken to 'contain the evil of Annabelle in this case'.
Buell told MySanAntonio that there is 'huge interest in the paranormal' in San Antonio and that it felt like the 'perfect spot to showcase Annabelle and warn people about the dangers of the occult and paranormal.'
But not everyone is pleased to have the doll around, as one viewer commented: 'Y'all should have left her where she was, this is so not the Texas thing to do.'
Another said: 'They should've left her right where she was at the Warren museum.'
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