Weird dolls hanging on neighbours tree?

[sandyfroglets]

Unsure what this is for but they keep adding more rag dolls to their tree in their front garden. It's really creeping my children out.

They are hanging with other objects like wooden rings and ribbons. Is it some kind of pagan thing? No idea but it's bloody weird...

Aibu to ask them what it's for!? We live in a quiet little part outside of a city. Nothing unusual goes on here!

This is the cursed island of dead dolls in Mexico:

nypost.com/2021/10/30/real-story-behind-haunted-island-of-the-dolls-in-mexico/amp/

What the actual hell is going on 😫🤣

Here he is. In all his glory. With his rings and ribbons.

@sandyfroglets just no 😭 the stuff of nightmares 🤣

Are they Harry and Meghan effigies?! 🙈

What are they under him? They look like a row of ties on a string. This is proper creepy 🙈

@sandyfroglets the one in the white dress crawling across the yard and knocking on your front door 😂😂

How bizarre. Could it be some sort of "modern art" installation?

I've seen similar installations (in the gardens of mental health hospitals).

Do you actually live on Summerisle OP?It's the only logical explanation!

There's a stone circle near where I live that has dolls and ribbons tied to the trees around it. It's a very hidden away spot. I THINK it's offerings of a kind (there is a cairn next to it).There's some ceremonial stuff that goes on, but very low key - I've never seen it.

It’s related to witchcraft. May just be to ward off black magic, depends.

What's your local Facebook group saying about it?

Someone was away for the end of October and is now celebrating Halloween a couple of months late?

Yeah that’s a hoodoo doll.

Are they S.American?

@Wittyend This is an old Streetview pic 🤣 - not sure how much you can make out. The grassy area is now covered too but streetview hasn’t updated in the area 🙈 Theres all sorts of things - big dolls heads, tiny ones, some animals, a torso 🤷🏻‍♀️🤣 It doesn’t look anywhere near as bad in the pic as what it is in real life 🤣

We moved here only two weeks ago and are yet to actually find the Facebook group! There is one which is the nearest city but I can't find one for this area.

😂

I have yet to see/meet them!

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I’d download the Nextdoor App and register for posts from your neighbourhood and see if anyone has posted anything about it. So creepy.

@Isthatmcormac oh my lord.

I didn't even know this was a thing! I am downloading now.

Harry and Meghan
😂

See I thought this thread was amusing until you said Hampshire and now I won't sleep!
Have checked out the neighbours though and thankfully all totally mainstream here 😅