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Woman forced to sit next to probably haunted doll on plane

Good luck sleeping on that red-eye flight.

 

Austin Powell

Internet Culture

Posted on Sep 23, 2016   Updated on May 25, 2021, 10:50 pm CDT

Aside from an unexpected upgrade or being on a completely empty flight, there’s no better feeling on an airplane than an open middle seat in your row. Imagine, then, having that momentary relief replaced by this “waking nightmare.” 

https://twitter.com/NovicSara/status/779279461623533568

Author Sara Nović has been livetweeting her experiences on her red-eye flight stuck next to this creepy, full-sized baby doll, and it’s been at turns hilarious and bizarre. 

https://twitter.com/NovicSara/status/779205328428609536

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Nović, the fiction editor of Blunderbuss magazine, obviously has a knack for storytelling and details. She needed the backstory. 

https://twitter.com/NovicSara/status/779273836394983424

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In a cruel twist of fate, after a two-hour layover, Nović ended up on another flight with the doll, this time sitting directly across the aisle from it. 

https://twitter.com/NovicSara/status/779295573253820416

So much for catching some sleep on that red eye. 

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*First Published: Sep 23, 2016, 11:53 am CDT