The mouth didn’t move. Then the truth hit him. This wasn’t a baby. It was a doll. A frighteningly realistic, eerily silent, silicone doll.
The emergency call was canceled. The shock, however, lingered. Later, Officer Short found the doll’s owner at a nearby Super Cuts salon.
Carolynne Seiffert was getting her hair done, unaware of the chaos in the parking lot. She explained everything.
The doll’s name was Ainslie. And yes, it was designed to look—and even feel—like a real newborn. Down to the weight, the softness, the expression.
Just one week earlier, she’d paid $2,300 for it. Handcrafted from silicone, Ainslie belonged to a special class of hyper-realistic dolls called reborns.
To collectors like Seiffert, reborns are more than just dolls. They are art. Companions. Therapy. But to someone passing by?
