Things that make me wonder...why?
By Marie Coyle
@MarieCoyle (42125)
February 24, 2025 8:03pm CST
I don't live far from a nearby grocery. Whenever I go there, I often see this car, that is parked in the employee part of the parking lot, so evidently whoever drives this thing, works there.
Have to wonder...why would you do this? A poor, rather ratty baby doll, wired to the grill of your car? For some reason, it just doesn't sit right with me. But maybe it has meaning to the person who put it there, who knows, right?
It still seems very strange.
Picture by me.
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@snowy22315 (186821)
• United States
25 Feb
Seems rather sociopathic, unless he and I am quite sure it must be a man, wants to demo the car is his baby or something. 
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@MarieCoyle (42125)
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25 Feb
Come to think of it, I saw it at the stoplight by the store once. A guy was driving. When I see it at the market, I've seen people walk by it and shake their head...so I guess I'm not alone in thinking that it's strange!
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@snowy22315 (186821)
• United States
25 Feb
@MarieCoyle Its not something you expect to see. M a ybe he just has it for shock value.
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@MarieCoyle (42125)
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25 Feb
@snowy22315
You could well be right. People do so many strange things now.
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@yukimori (10179)
• United States
25 Feb
We have someone around here who does something similar with what looks like a ventriloquist's dummy... around Halloween, which at least makes some sense. There's also an SUV with Zombie Response Team decals that occasionally has mannequin parts dangling off it in visually interesting manners year-round.
I got nothin' on the poor baby doll, though. That's just weird.
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@MarieCoyle (42125)
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25 Feb
Around Halloween, we see some strange sites as well. I was behind a car one day that appeared to have a bloody hand reaching out of the trunk of the car. Very realistic how they did it, but certainly startling.
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@kareng (71212)
• United States
25 Feb
@MarieCoyle If that is the case, very twisted!! 
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@MarieCoyle (42125)
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25 Feb
@kareng
Of all the things I've seen in life so far, figuring out why people do some of the things they do is one of the hardest of all.
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@MarieCoyle (42125)
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25 Feb
It gets a lot of looks and comments from people. Hope whoever drives it never runs from the law, that doll on the front would be there to identify him/her.
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@zhangxueying (3363)
• China
25 Feb
Yes, it makes me psychologically uncomfortable to look like this
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@MarieCoyle (42125)
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25 Feb
It bothers a lot of people, you are not alone. It made me a bit sad...what if that is some little one's baby doll?
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@MarieCoyle (42125)
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25 Feb
There are things some people do that I will never understand, and this is definitely one of them. Weird, that's right!
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I've seen all kinds of stuffed animals and holiday decor in front of cars - but not a baby doll! Yah, that's rather creepy . . . I wonder if that's supposed to mean something 
. Just so strange ...
.@MarieCoyle (42125)
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7 Mar
I have seen truckers have a stuffed animal wired to the grill of the cab at times, but not very often. I have no idea if it has meaning or anything. But oh, that baby doll...it isn't a popular site. Although since it is no longer parked at the nearby grocery, I may not ever see it again.
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@MarieCoyle (42125)
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8 Mar
@much2say
From what I heard at the store that day, the fellow IS rather strange and he likes to shock people. He sure did do just that!
@allknowing (142997)
• India
25 Feb
May be they lost a kid in an accident and that must be that child's toy. Imagination just goina riot ing in my case,
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@allknowing (142997)
• India
25 Feb
@MarieCoyle May as well check out who that car belongs to and find out what it is all about!!
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@MarieCoyle (42125)
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25 Feb
@allknowing
It's not really my business to ask. People have their reasons for what they do sometimes. And many people now have a short fuse..,.no, thanks. I will simply speculate.
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@MarieCoyle (42125)
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25 Feb
I thought of that, and surely do hope that is not the case.
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@DaddyEvil (144474)
• United States
25 Feb
Because that person thinks it's funny.
The same reason I used to keep a baby seat in my car with a monkey sucking a pacifier. Because it was funny. Sometimes things don't MEAN anything except the owner has a sense of humor. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean the owner doesn't like it.
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@MarieCoyle (42125)
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25 Feb
I honestly hadn't really formed much of an opinion of it, except for wondering why, or if it had a meaning of some sort.
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@RasmaSandra (83416)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
25 Feb
That looks like something out of a horror movie, Must be a very strange person,
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@MarieCoyle (42125)
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26 Feb
It definitely draws attention to the car, I am rather surprised it's been on there for as long as it has (several months) as usually anything attached like that to a car never lasts that long.
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@porwest (98480)
• United States
26 Feb
@MarieCoyle It can be entertaining at times, disturbing at others. lol
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@MarieCoyle (42125)
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26 Feb
@porwest
Very true.
I recall some other instances in the past…streakers running through restaurants and the screams from people, a guy in a drive through at a McDonald’s late at night, wearing nothing but a pickup truck, a neighbor when I lived in the country, opening his mailbox and out came a snake…you just never know what you might see!
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@MarieCoyle (42125)
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25 Feb
You are correct. We see strange things on a very regular basis.
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@RevivedWarrior (3733)
• India
25 Feb
That is pretty odd sight – something like a baby doll attached to the car’s grill. It is easy to feel uneasy/creepy about these things, especially when it just out of place or unsettling. You are right though- it could have some personal meaning for the person, even if it is not clear for others. Maybe its quirky way for them to personalize their car or it could be something nostalgic or perhaps symbolic to them. However, it is not hard to get a strange vide from it, since it is not something we see every day. I can understand why it does not sit right with you – its unusual and I am with you on this, it’s definitely unusual! I wonder if anyone else noticed the same . Somethings are little mysteries of life.
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@MarieCoyle (42125)
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25 Feb
It really is creepy, though. I know that some locals have wondered what kind of effect this could have on a small child observing it--what would they think? That it would be a fun thing to do, or that it had something to do with a child like they are being hit by a car, or?? Kids do think, and what they don't know, they imagine things, just like we adults do. It's just...very odd, indeed!
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@MarieCoyle (42125)
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25 Feb
@RevivedWarrior
My son said it was creepy, and he rarely says anything about strange things people do.
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@MarieCoyle (42125)
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25 Feb
I don't understand it. It's been on the front of that car for awhile. I don't like to be judgmental, but it seems like it's just wrong somehow.
@wolfgirl569 (113641)
• Marion, Ohio
25 Feb
That is very strange. Maybe they like the shock of it
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@MarieCoyle (42125)
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2 Mar
It definitely makes people take a second look. And he has it wired on there super tight.
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@aninditasen (16893)
• Raurkela, India
25 Feb
That's really bizarre. I don't think the person is sane.
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