Reborn babies fool cops

Posted Jul 18th 2008 5:00PM by Sandy Maple
Filed under: Newborns, Babies, Weird but true

If you have ever seen a Reborn baby doll, then you know that they look for all the world like real babies. Reborns are popular with doll collectors as well as those who can't or don't want to have actual children. Some of these dolls come complete with beating hearts and an apparatus that makes them appear to breathe. Some of them, however, just lie there looking like real babies who aren't breathing. Like the one police in Australia saw when they peered into the window of an otherwise empty and locked automobile. Believing a child's life was in danger, the police smashed the window and rescued the doll.

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This isn't the only case of police being fooled by a Reborn. A similar incident in the United States cost a man a window out of his brand new Hummer after his wife left her Reborn in his car.

I think if you are going to have a fake baby that looks so lifelike that people will break out your windows to rescue it, you might want to add a blanket to your fake diaper bag. That way, you will have something to throw over it when you leave it alone in the car.

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1. Are you thinking what I'm thinking?

I'm thinking: carpool lane, here I come!

--jamie
http://www.travelsavvymom.com

Posted at 7:34PM on Jul 18th 2008 by Jamie

2. That's too funny, Jamie! LOL
I'll admit, I had to do a double take when I saw the picture of that 'baby'!

Posted at 4:24AM on Jul 19th 2008 by Mom2six

3. *lightbulb*
Brilliant...I'm on THAT bandwagon! lolol

Posted at 8:24PM on Jul 22nd 2008 by filmz

4. They are already in full use in carpool lanes and the bridge toll lane and they work great now a man can have his cake and eat it too though i hear one woman got a 250 dollar fine for an empty kid seat it would be ok if you only got caught once a month because you SAVE 4 bucks bridge fare and two gallons of gas a day then there is the extra 2 to 4 hours of time off the commute not spent in traffic while YOUR TAX DOLLARS BUILD CARPOOL LANES and fund a FREE RIDE ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION instead of the roads they were desiginated to fund......... hint: some latex paint and water looks like milk in a bottle and your gym bag looks like a diaper bag
the down side is you got those crab carriers in the back seat.....

Posted at 8:30PM on Jul 22nd 2008 by mike

5. hhaha
OMG

hah
thats FRIGGIN true

Posted at 8:32PM on Jul 22nd 2008 by nis

6. wait, what do you mean carpool? a baby can't drive, your not taking any vehicles off the road by driving a baby around, real or fake.

Posted at 9:24PM on Jul 22nd 2008 by reborn big baby

7. i realize to some these "babies" are creepy but to some they are therapuetic. i make these "babies" and hope some of you will come visit my web site and see how amazing they are. perhaps even consider adopting one from me. i love and enjoy making them, it's a great stress reliever and it's so great to see how happy my customers are when i hand over their new addition. My web site is http://www.charismatickidsnursery.com

Posted at 10:26PM on Jul 22nd 2008 by Brooklyn

8. I find words such as "weird", "freaky", "creepy" etc. to be highly offensive comments made by uninformed people who have some insecurity about an an art form that they haven't seen before. It seems many people are obsessed with their own judgments about an art form with which they are unfamiliar. I can understand it isn't everyone's cup of tea. However, it isn't harming anyone or resulting in anything negative. People have collected dolls of all sorts for years. Ashton Drake is an extremely successful company based on producing realistic looking dolls to the masses who do enjoy them. I don't see anyone calling them names. Since a lot of of irrational fears are based on ignorance, I guess it goes without saying that so are irrational opinions.

Posted at 2:47PM on Jul 24th 2008 by Angie

9. I'm a reborn doll artist. Our goal is to make them look as real as possible. Anybody that wants to see more babies such as the one above can look at them at ebay.
Just type in reborn dolls in the browser and you'll see a wide variety of babies.
You can also visit my website at
www.freewebs.com/jodysopenarmsnursery
I take custom orders.
You'll be amazed at how wonderful these babies are.

Posted at 1:27AM on Jul 22nd 2008 by Jody

10. Dude...im sorry but get some help. These are creepy. Why not find a way to make these benificial? Like when someone buys one, it helps a REAL baby.

Posted at 10:06PM on Jul 22nd 2008 by blakeyedpeasluvr

11. At least John McCain can't draft these creepy things.
He IS after your kids & Grand kids & their kids.

Posted at 8:17PM on Jul 22nd 2008 by DENNIS I.

12. You should hang a white flag on your house so our military doesn't have to risk themselves saving your sorry ass.

Posted at 10:05PM on Jul 22nd 2008 by WishIWereShocked

13. Oh for God's sake...

Posted at 11:28PM on Jul 22nd 2008 by Judy

14. What a dope. There is NO draft, friend. It's an all volunteer military we have had here now for, quite a few years.

Posted at 12:52AM on Jul 23rd 2008 by AB

15. Actually my son is in the military and as he says we have a draft. It ijust isn't called that. The way it works is you enlist in the military and after your time is up you get out, then you enter the reserves. Then they call you back up and then reinstate you and you are back in. It is often referred to a back door draft. It used to be rare this happened but now it is the norm because we have no official draft because it is politically unpopular and not enough people sign up. So the guys that have already repeatedly gone to war zones will continue to go.

Posted at 2:15PM on Jul 25th 2008 by Maryg

16. my friend has one of these dolls; she had it in the back seat of her car while we were in a diner on a super cold night. We noticed two police officers coming in the diner noticing the "baby" in the back seat. They peered in the windows of the car several times before THEY realized it was a doll.......I suggested she throw something over it in the future!! I can understand the cops breaking the window of that car...the dolls look a little TOO real.

Posted at 8:19PM on Jul 22nd 2008 by carole

17. At least John McCain can't draft these things & send them to die in Russia.

Posted at 8:21PM on Jul 22nd 2008 by DENNIS I.

18. wow you don't sound hateful at all.

Posted at 8:24PM on Jul 22nd 2008 by kim

19. ....or even a cat. They're more self-sufficient than dogs, but you gotta get the right one--one that ACTS like a dog with the independence of a cat.
There you have it! --Instant ready-made low-maintenance family. lol

Posted at 8:24PM on Jul 22nd 2008 by filmz

20. Sounds like you had a sad childhood.

Posted at 8:27PM on Jul 22nd 2008 by Brenda

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