On a recent or past trip to the Texas Gulf Coast, have you seen any creepy dolls .. heads.. parts on the beach? This is the first I've heard about this. But apparantly a 40-mile stretch of beach running from north Padre Island, up to Matagorda Island is an area of the Texas coastline that creepy dolls are drawn too.
Jace Tunnell, the director of the Mission Aransas Reserve at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute and his team of researchers survey along the area twice a week. They find lots of unusual items washed up on the beach, but call the creepy dolls a perk.
This area of the Texas coastline gets 10 times more washed up trash than other areas of the coastline mainly because of a "loop current" reaching from the Yucatan Peninsula to Florida. This current creates eddies, circular currents, that push debris toward the Texas Gulf, and the Coastal Bend area.
This causes Jace and his Mission Aransas Reserve crew to receive a hefty collection of creepy dolls / parts to auction off each year with proceeds going to help sea turtle and other eco-friendly programs. Turning Creepy into Eco-friendly. Big 1Thing Win!
The creepy dolls are not played or messed with. They are stored in an area until it's time to be auctioned off at the yearly fundraiser. Don't want to test any creepy doll haunting theories. Or would it be to late to worry about that? Next beach trip, look out! You never know what you may uncover.