India, May 25 -- Amid reports that the real-life Annabelle doll disappeared, museum authorities have spoken out regarding her whereabouts.

The "demonically possessed" Raggedy Ann doll, which has grown into a staple of the horror genre, is said to have escaped her casing during the Devils on the Run Tour, which was organised by the New England Society for Psychic Research (NESPR).

The doll, which is usually kept at NESPR's Warrens' Occult Museum, was on a New Orleans tour early in May. The museum was established by paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren.

Online rumors that she had somehow disappeared during herLouisiana tripstarted to spread aftersome tourists said they didn't see the doll while on a tour.

At the same time, a ...