Writer: Craig Baird
Today, it is the haunted doll that calls the Quesnel Museum and Archives in British Columbia home. This is the story of Mandy The Doll!
Mandy is a children’s doll dating back over 100 years – a gift from a grandmother to her granddaughter. The granddaughter said she could hear a baby crying in the basement where the doll was kept and was so loud it couldn’t be ignored.
Once she gave the doll to the museum, the crying in her home stopped immediately. During Mandy’s first night in the museum, she was left on a counter. When the staff arrived the next day, they found the entire area in disarray as if a child had thrown a massive tantrum.
In the night, things started to go missing after Mandy became part of the museum’s collection. Pens, books and display items disappeared. Some were found elsewhere in the museum; others have never been found.
Visitors to the museum say the eyes of Mandy follow them. If you want to get a picture of her, you may be out of luck as well. Numerous visitors have reported that the batteries of their cameras and phones drain completely when in the presence of the doll. A visitor from Calgary tried to videotape Mandy but he had no success in making the video camera work. When he went to other parts of the museum, he had no problem filming. Others have reported their batteries draining around Mandy.
Mandy even haunts people who visit the museum when they get home. One visitor from Surrey stated that when she returned home from the museum, her house had been broken into, but the only item stolen was a porcelain doll.
Mandy isn’t placed with the other dolls because she apparently doesn’t like being with the dolls and lashes out at them in the night. Mandy continues to call the Quesnel Museum home to this day. She may just be the most famous doll in Canada.
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