A paranormal investigator has died while touring with the infamous “haunted” Annabelle doll.
Dan Rivera, 54, died on Sunday night while he was in Pennsylvania with the Annabelle doll as part of his “Devils on the Run” tour.
Adams County medics and firefighters were called to Rivera’s hotel room on Sunday and gave him CPR, but he was later pronounced dead.
The cause of his death is still under investigation.
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Per TMZ:
A paranormal investigator on his creepy “haunted” Annabelle doll tour in the “haunted” battlefield town of Gettysburg has died … completely out of the blue.
Dan Rivera, 54, was in Pennsylvania for his “Devils on the Run” tour — hauling the infamous doll across the country — when firefighters and medics rushed to his hotel Sunday night.
Adams County dispatch logs reveal a call for CPR in progress on a man matching Rivera’s age. Rivera’s death was confirmed by the New England Society for Psychic Research, where he was the lead investigator. His exact cause of death remains unclear.
Rivera, a fixture in the paranormal world, was doing what he loved — bringing spooky legends to life — when tragedy hit. He’d built serious ghost-hunting cred and a social media following off the eerie superstitions tied to Annabelle’s haunted past.
WATCH:
In case you’re unfamiliar with the Annabelle doll, it’s a Raggedy Ann Doll that has been housed at the Warren Occult Museum.
A nursing student originally owned the doll in the 1970s, but after the doll reportedly started to cause disturbing events, paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren took possession of it after claiming that a demonic spirit possessed the doll.
The doll inspired the movie “Annabelle,” which is part of the Conjuring series.
