1. TEXT/TRANSCRIPTION

“Okay, so my mom had this Cabbage Patch doll when she was a little girl, and she swears it actually levitated. I know it sounds crazy, but she tells the story like it’s the most normal thing. She says she was playing with it in her room, and out of nowhere, the doll just started floating. It wasn’t like a little bit off the ground, it was like it was rising up on its own. She said she freaked out and ran out of the room, but she still remembers it so clearly. She always says she knows what she saw, and she’s convinced the doll was… possessed or something. It was super weird, and she’s never forgotten it.”

2. CONTEXT 

“She told me about this when I was younger, like, she was laughing while telling it, but I could tell she was serious. She always brings it up like it’s no big deal, but she’s totally convinced it happened. It’s one of those stories that gets passed down in the family, and she tells it to make us laugh, but you can tell there’s something deeper to it.

It’s one of those things where she’ll say, ‘I’m not making this up, I saw it,’ and she stands by it. I don’t think she’s trying to scare us, it’s just something that happened to her, and it’s stuck with her. Honestly, I kind of believe her, just because she tells it with such certainty, even now.”

3. INTERPRETATION

This story stood out to me because it shows how personal experiences like this shape our understanding of the world. Even though it’s an incredibly strange and seemingly impossible event, AMs mom never doubted it. That kind of conviction makes it more than just a funny, creepy story, it feels like a foundational experience for her. It speaks to how people process strange or unexplainable events.

The Cabbage Patch doll levitating is especially significant to me because it blends something so innocent and familiar with something supernatural. A doll, something we typically associate with childhood comfort, becomes the center of something unsettling. The idea of it levitating is almost a perfect example of how childhood imagination, wonder, and fear can merge into something that feels both magical and terrifying.

What’s also interesting is how AM’s mom continues to tell this story with such seriousness. It’s clear that the event had a lasting emotional impact on her. I think that’s what makes the story compelling, it’s not just about the ghostly or supernatural element, it’s about the personal truth she attaches to it. The way she speaks about it with such confidence shows how this experience shaped her sense of reality, and I think that’s why it’s such an important piece of her identity. Whether or not the levitation actually happened isn’t as important as how it’s woven into her understanding of the world.