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Real Looking Fake Babies: The Creepy Video

Posted by Madeline Holler

We had a nice little discussion a few weekends ago about those Reborn dolls. Remember, super expensive handmade babies that look disturbingly real ... so much so that some people use them as a kind of therapy for dealing with the loss of a (real) baby?

Now we've got video! It's mostly a montage of still Reborn baby still shots. But damn if it doesn't give you a good idea of how totally real they look. Even Makayla! Who is turning one year old.

Beautiful baby, indeed. (Mercifully, no scenes of a Reborn baby being breastfed.)

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Video: [via Salon's Broadsheet] YouTube 


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Comments

 

feefifoto said:

That's really eerie.  It brings to mind the Victorian Memento Morii -- portraits of dead people.

August 12, 2008 11:01 AM
 

froggemom said:

I have a fear of lifelike dolls already.  These things totally freak me out.  I can see how they might have therapeutic value, but I don't see why anyone would want them otherwise.  Creepy!

August 12, 2008 2:38 PM

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