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"Dead Baby" On L Train Actually A Cabbage Patch Doll
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Christopher Robbins
Published Feb 28, 2012
Modified Feb 28, 2012
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Published Feb 28, 2012
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You may have read a "terrifying account" on the internet about a woman being arrested for carrying a dead baby on the L train last night. BuzzFeed lifts Redditor hollyholidayz's tale, which includes the detail from a man in the car with the woman and the dead baby who "said the car smelled of decomposing flesh, not the usual subway stench." We contacted the NYPD, who said they had no account of the arrest, likely because it was a false alarm. "We responded, but there was no patient," an FDNY rep tells us. "It was an EDP holding a doll." He added, "It appeared to be a Cabbage Patch doll."
That might explain this detail, via YourHumbleNarrator:
I thought it was strange because 1, it appeared to have burns or scars on it's face-- and a pacifier in it's mouth. 2, it's body was so much smaller than it's head and it was wearing strange almost patched up clothing...no feet or hands were showing.
In summation: if you smell "rotting flesh" on the subway, chances are it's just how the subway smells. Probably those damn "hipsters."
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Christopher Robbins
Christopher Robbins is a New York City reporter covering transportation, affordable housing, local politics, and criminal justice. His work has also appeared in New York Magazine, The Village Voice and The New York Times. Chris is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, Virginia, and enjoys biking to Fort Tilden in the summertime.
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