This haunting yarn comes from someone pretty official sounding, so you know this has
got to true....
--Susan A. Petersen
Mad Science of McHenry County
Hands-on, Minds-on Science!
(815) 444-1144 * (866) 813-7257 fax
www.madscience.org/mchenryco
Jimmy was a good lad, had perfect grades, and always did what he was told. One
night at dinner, Jimmy's mom had a gift for him -- his very own copy of Sonic R!!!
Jimmy couldn't wait to play it, so he ran up to his room and hit the power button on his
dusty Sega Saturn.
He hadn't been playing for more than five minutes when a tapping sound was struck
upon his window. He paused the game and opened it to see who was there. The only
thing out there was a small doll resting on his windowsill. He picked it up and realized
that this doll was in the game he was playing. It was Teddy Tails!! He picked it up and
was happy until the doll sunk its evil teeth into his flesh. He yelped and flung it across
the room. It came floating back at him! He kicked it away but it kept coming closer!
"Get back," Jimmy hollered, but the murderous menace continued to float closer.
Jimmy backed up and tripped over his Sega Saturn cord. It shut off. The instant the
screen went black, the doll fell to the ground in a heap.
The next day Jimmy smiled proudly, for he knew that he was rid of the cursed doll
forever. He had taken scissors and hacked the doll to bits. He came home later and
saw to his horror, the doll sitting on his bed smiling. To make matters worse, he herd
the lyrics, "Everybody's Super Sonic racing..." His Saturn was on! He ran to turn it off
but it was too late. The doll leaped up into the air and landed on poor Jimmy's back.
No one ever saw Jimmy again...
Blackchaosangel12 shares with us the terrifying tidbit....
I was walking home from school on day, when my friend, Matt, ran up to me. "Hey! I'm
getting that game! You know, Sonic R?" I nodded. "Yeah, I want to play t badly.
Getting it with Sonic Gems?" "Yeah. Well, see ya later!" "See ya!" But at that moment I
lied. I wouldn't see him later. Not as himself.
I was playing Phantasy Star Online 2 for GameCube when I got a call. "Hello?" I heard
a noise. It was strange. It sounded like an extremely quiet moaning and gasping. "H-
hello?" I repeated. Nothing now. Then suddenly I heard "Can you feel the Sunshine?"
in the background, then 'Shluuuuuurp!" and "Wraaaaaaag!" noises. I slammed the
phone on the receiver and got spooked. I looked at the Caller ID. It came from my
friend's house, Matt. I got my jacket and ran down the block to his house.
I was gasping for air when I arrived. I swiftly opened his front door. The lights were out.
I turned on the lights and screamed at what I saw. Matt hung from the ceiling. His eyes
were glassy -- like he was blind --and his mouth was wired shut! He hung by an
orange string that would not break. I looked at the TV screen. It said: "CHARACTER
SELECT" at the top. The weird thing was that it didn't show Tails Doll on there! Matt
had called me earlier saying he had unlocked him! I looked underneath Matt and saw
a plush Tails Doll. It looked at me with life-less eyes. Words in blood were in front of it:
"CAN YOU FEEL THE SUNSHINE? DOES IT BRIGHTEN UP YOUR DAY?"
getting that game! You know, Sonic R?" I nodded. "Yeah, I want to play t badly.
Getting it with Sonic Gems?" "Yeah. Well, see ya later!" "See ya!" But at that moment I
lied. I wouldn't see him later. Not as himself.
I was playing Phantasy Star Online 2 for GameCube when I got a call. "Hello?" I heard
a noise. It was strange. It sounded like an extremely quiet moaning and gasping. "H-
hello?" I repeated. Nothing now. Then suddenly I heard "Can you feel the Sunshine?"
in the background, then 'Shluuuuuurp!" and "Wraaaaaaag!" noises. I slammed the
phone on the receiver and got spooked. I looked at the Caller ID. It came from my
friend's house, Matt. I got my jacket and ran down the block to his house.
I was gasping for air when I arrived. I swiftly opened his front door. The lights were out.
I turned on the lights and screamed at what I saw. Matt hung from the ceiling. His eyes
were glassy -- like he was blind --and his mouth was wired shut! He hung by an
orange string that would not break. I looked at the TV screen. It said: "CHARACTER
SELECT" at the top. The weird thing was that it didn't show Tails Doll on there! Matt
had called me earlier saying he had unlocked him! I looked underneath Matt and saw
a plush Tails Doll. It looked at me with life-less eyes. Words in blood were in front of it:
"CAN YOU FEEL THE SUNSHINE? DOES IT BRIGHTEN UP YOUR DAY?"
Shadow girl had a run in with the Tails Doll without even playing the game! It seems no
one's safe! We're doomed!
I started reading your website a few days ago. I thought it was really good and very
funny. I read all of the TD stories thinking that they were nothing more than the
workings of an over imaginative mind. How wrong I was.
It started a few days ago. I've never ever played Sonic R and I doubt I ever will. I
almost brought it about a year ago for the PC but decided against it. It was near
Christmas and I needed the money. I'm glad I didn't.
So anyway back to the story.................
It was about 1:30 am and I was sitting downstairs feeling sorry for myself. I've been ill
for ages and I don't sleep well at night. There was only a single light in the corner so it
was a bit dark. I was lying on the sofa finally getting to sleep when I heard something
in the kitchen. "Probably Tails Doll" I joked to myself. I went out there expecting it to be
the cat trying to work out how to open the cupboard doors. It was only when I got into
the kitchen, turned the light on that I realized that the cat was asleep under the stairs.
I froze.
Who could it be? Whatever it was had stopped moving. I gritted my teeth grabbed the
nearest hard thing (which turned out to be my history text book) went round the corner
and said "Show yourself whoever you are".
I wish I hadn't.
There in front of me was Tails Doll. I dropped the book. It landed on my foot but I didn't
feel it. I had totally stopped moving. I wasn't breathing.
"You thought I didn't exist but I'm here to prove you wrong," said a voice in my head.
I couldn't say anything. But I was still thinking. How the hell can Tails Doll be hear I
never played Sonic R!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. "Well you know your friend Josh?" Oh shit.
He had got Sonic Gems Collection ages ago. "Well his mind is a bit too ........... well
simple - no offence to him by the way. I need something a bit more intelligent. And
seeing as you go to a grammar school I would class that as intelligent."
"Think" I thought, "think." "There's no point" it said. "All those people on that website
may have tricked me once but it won't work again. Why don't you just give up. There's
no way for you to escape."
And at that moment I heard that cursed sonic "Can you feel the sunshine". "Hell I can,"
I thought. That was when I had the idea.
I started to sing "Live and Learn" from Sonic Adventure 2.
The 2 songs fought each other as to who would be louder. "Live and Learn" won. Tails
cowered back as there was a blinding flash of light. The kind of blinding light you get
when Chaos Control happens.
At that point I must have blacked out because the next thing I remember is my mum
saying "Have you been down here all night again? Why don't you go upstairs and get
some sleep."
As I went to my bedroom thoughts raced through my mind. Was it just a dream? Have I
been asleep all night? Or did it really happen? I slumped down on my bed and picked
up my teddy. I saw a yellow sticky note thing stuck to his forehead. It said "You may
have won this round but I will be back. I will get you. YOU WILL BE MY SLAVE."
I have now brought the Sonic Adventure 2 and Sonic Heroes soundtrack and am
learning every song off them by heart -- much to the annoyance of my mum (I'm
supposed to be doing school work. I would tell her why but she wouldn't believe me.
Probably take away my Gamecube too.) I'm planning on trying to get some Sonic
plushies too, but I don't know where to get them. What I do know is that I'm going to
live for every moment. If Tails Doll is going to come back, let him I'll be ready.
The one thing I'm going to make sure I don't do is keep looking over my shoulder for
him. Maybe he'll realize that I'm not going to give up so he'd better. Doubt it though.
Anyway I hope no one has a run in with Tails Doll.
Merry Christmas!!
Shadow girl
funny. I read all of the TD stories thinking that they were nothing more than the
workings of an over imaginative mind. How wrong I was.
It started a few days ago. I've never ever played Sonic R and I doubt I ever will. I
almost brought it about a year ago for the PC but decided against it. It was near
Christmas and I needed the money. I'm glad I didn't.
So anyway back to the story.................
It was about 1:30 am and I was sitting downstairs feeling sorry for myself. I've been ill
for ages and I don't sleep well at night. There was only a single light in the corner so it
was a bit dark. I was lying on the sofa finally getting to sleep when I heard something
in the kitchen. "Probably Tails Doll" I joked to myself. I went out there expecting it to be
the cat trying to work out how to open the cupboard doors. It was only when I got into
the kitchen, turned the light on that I realized that the cat was asleep under the stairs.
I froze.
Who could it be? Whatever it was had stopped moving. I gritted my teeth grabbed the
nearest hard thing (which turned out to be my history text book) went round the corner
and said "Show yourself whoever you are".
I wish I hadn't.
There in front of me was Tails Doll. I dropped the book. It landed on my foot but I didn't
feel it. I had totally stopped moving. I wasn't breathing.
"You thought I didn't exist but I'm here to prove you wrong," said a voice in my head.
I couldn't say anything. But I was still thinking. How the hell can Tails Doll be hear I
never played Sonic R!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. "Well you know your friend Josh?" Oh shit.
He had got Sonic Gems Collection ages ago. "Well his mind is a bit too ........... well
simple - no offence to him by the way. I need something a bit more intelligent. And
seeing as you go to a grammar school I would class that as intelligent."
"Think" I thought, "think." "There's no point" it said. "All those people on that website
may have tricked me once but it won't work again. Why don't you just give up. There's
no way for you to escape."
And at that moment I heard that cursed sonic "Can you feel the sunshine". "Hell I can,"
I thought. That was when I had the idea.
I started to sing "Live and Learn" from Sonic Adventure 2.
The 2 songs fought each other as to who would be louder. "Live and Learn" won. Tails
cowered back as there was a blinding flash of light. The kind of blinding light you get
when Chaos Control happens.
At that point I must have blacked out because the next thing I remember is my mum
saying "Have you been down here all night again? Why don't you go upstairs and get
some sleep."
As I went to my bedroom thoughts raced through my mind. Was it just a dream? Have I
been asleep all night? Or did it really happen? I slumped down on my bed and picked
up my teddy. I saw a yellow sticky note thing stuck to his forehead. It said "You may
have won this round but I will be back. I will get you. YOU WILL BE MY SLAVE."
I have now brought the Sonic Adventure 2 and Sonic Heroes soundtrack and am
learning every song off them by heart -- much to the annoyance of my mum (I'm
supposed to be doing school work. I would tell her why but she wouldn't believe me.
Probably take away my Gamecube too.) I'm planning on trying to get some Sonic
plushies too, but I don't know where to get them. What I do know is that I'm going to
live for every moment. If Tails Doll is going to come back, let him I'll be ready.
The one thing I'm going to make sure I don't do is keep looking over my shoulder for
him. Maybe he'll realize that I'm not going to give up so he'd better. Doubt it though.
Anyway I hope no one has a run in with Tails Doll.
Merry Christmas!!
Shadow girl
Um. Man300600 sends us this story. The Tails Doll uses guns now?
I just fought the Tails Doll, see my story here!
I was walking through the hallway when I saw my friend holding something.
It was the Tails Doll,
I shouted "YOU MORON! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?",
"Rise, Tails Doll" my friend said.
The Tails Doll attacked! I immediately started punching him, nothing so far.
Tails Doll pulled out some guns and started shooting everywhere, I was able to avoid
with barely a scratch.
I then threw him into the nearby lit fire place, he burned up like a log.
I looked at my friend.
He was nowhere to be seen.
I heard "Can you feel the sunshine?" before I ran.
May the #(%*#(@@)*@!&$
I was walking through the hallway when I saw my friend holding something.
It was the Tails Doll,
I shouted "YOU MORON! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?",
"Rise, Tails Doll" my friend said.
The Tails Doll attacked! I immediately started punching him, nothing so far.
Tails Doll pulled out some guns and started shooting everywhere, I was able to avoid
with barely a scratch.
I then threw him into the nearby lit fire place, he burned up like a log.
I looked at my friend.
He was nowhere to be seen.
I heard "Can you feel the sunshine?" before I ran.
May the #(%*#(@@)*@!&$
Too scared to go on? Don't worry. Timeproto writes us with this message of hope.
While my Sonic R for the PC was never possessed, maybe because it was the Expert
Version 2 that was released, the evil plushie has ventured across consoles and
franchises to haunt me.
Having not heard of the curse, my friend and I played Sonic R on Sonic Gems
Collection for hours at a church during the summer. One day, I showed up with my
own memory card, but also my Game Boy Advance, a Copy of Megaman Battle
Network (MMBN) 4 Blue Moon Edition, and a special Japan-only accessory I had
imported, a Battle Chip Gate (BCG) which allowed additional weapons to be added to
MMBN 4 through little chips that resemble Gamecube Memory Cards in a way. Little
did I know I would be saving much more then a non-existant world with it.
After copying a complete Sonic CD and Sonic the Fighters files over to my card, we
cleared all of Sonic R except getting Tails Doll, we copied that over to my card, I let my
friend borrow my Game Boy, MMBN 4, and BCG for the rest of the day, took my own
memory card home, and went to sleep.
When I returned to the church the next day, our gaming room was surrounded in
yellow crime scene tape, but the scene was cleared by the Police Department. The
night shift clerk said my friend played all night. She had heard mutterings of "deleting
Sonic CD files" and "clearing Tails Doll". She then claims to have heard my Gameboy
turn on, some gaming, and then the click associated with the Battle Chip Gate. Then
screams of "WHO ARE YOU?"
Then...nothing.
My friend was out cold on the floor, with the Game Boy playing an Upbeat tune and
with a screen saying "You're Mine."
Thinking these claims over, I remembered that there WAS no upbeat defeat tune and
that I'd forgotten to leave the other BCG tools behind, so he couldn't use the Gate, yet
the Clerk definitely remembers hearing both. I peeked into the room, and noticed that
my friend's memory card was gone, yet the rest of the GCN material was left behind. I
asked where they took the Game Boy and accessories, and the police had left them
for me, thinking someone snuck in and knocked my friend out, hoping to kill him. I
turned on my GBA, and the usual startup occurred for the game, until I pressed
"Continue". Megaman was just floating in a red gem-like area. No commands would
move him. It was then when I noticed that my friend's memory card was jammed into
the BCG, I removed it, and a battle started. The enemy was marked as "TDsoul" and it
resembled a Tails Doll mixed with Megaman. I couldn't activate any of Megaman's
attacks against the plushie, so I tried the BCG, my attempts to mix Megaman with
Protoman failed. Seeing no other choice, I jammed MY memory card, with completed
CD and StF files without Tails Doll unleashed in R, into the Gate. The seven time
stones floated down and then activated my failed Protosoul (Protoman/Megaman
fusion) as "TimeProto". Defeating TDsoul was no problem once the time stones came
to my aid. After the battle was won, the game didn't show the usual "Enemy Deleted"
text, it showed something different yet again. "Power Granted" was what it was telling
me, 7 streams of color blasted of the Gameboy and circled me. Then all was black.
After that day I've been on the run.
I have the power of the 7 time stones, from which Tails Doll draws his power, as long
as he faces a good intentioned person holding at least one Time Stone, he will be
weakened. For me, the stones aren't in their usual glittery form: I am TimeProto, the
crimson warrior dedicated to protecting humanity from the evil one. I will free those
who are his minions; I will find a way to beat him once and for all. Any updates
concerning the battle will be sent to this site
Version 2 that was released, the evil plushie has ventured across consoles and
franchises to haunt me.
Having not heard of the curse, my friend and I played Sonic R on Sonic Gems
Collection for hours at a church during the summer. One day, I showed up with my
own memory card, but also my Game Boy Advance, a Copy of Megaman Battle
Network (MMBN) 4 Blue Moon Edition, and a special Japan-only accessory I had
imported, a Battle Chip Gate (BCG) which allowed additional weapons to be added to
MMBN 4 through little chips that resemble Gamecube Memory Cards in a way. Little
did I know I would be saving much more then a non-existant world with it.
After copying a complete Sonic CD and Sonic the Fighters files over to my card, we
cleared all of Sonic R except getting Tails Doll, we copied that over to my card, I let my
friend borrow my Game Boy, MMBN 4, and BCG for the rest of the day, took my own
memory card home, and went to sleep.
When I returned to the church the next day, our gaming room was surrounded in
yellow crime scene tape, but the scene was cleared by the Police Department. The
night shift clerk said my friend played all night. She had heard mutterings of "deleting
Sonic CD files" and "clearing Tails Doll". She then claims to have heard my Gameboy
turn on, some gaming, and then the click associated with the Battle Chip Gate. Then
screams of "WHO ARE YOU?"
Then...nothing.
My friend was out cold on the floor, with the Game Boy playing an Upbeat tune and
with a screen saying "You're Mine."
Thinking these claims over, I remembered that there WAS no upbeat defeat tune and
that I'd forgotten to leave the other BCG tools behind, so he couldn't use the Gate, yet
the Clerk definitely remembers hearing both. I peeked into the room, and noticed that
my friend's memory card was gone, yet the rest of the GCN material was left behind. I
asked where they took the Game Boy and accessories, and the police had left them
for me, thinking someone snuck in and knocked my friend out, hoping to kill him. I
turned on my GBA, and the usual startup occurred for the game, until I pressed
"Continue". Megaman was just floating in a red gem-like area. No commands would
move him. It was then when I noticed that my friend's memory card was jammed into
the BCG, I removed it, and a battle started. The enemy was marked as "TDsoul" and it
resembled a Tails Doll mixed with Megaman. I couldn't activate any of Megaman's
attacks against the plushie, so I tried the BCG, my attempts to mix Megaman with
Protoman failed. Seeing no other choice, I jammed MY memory card, with completed
CD and StF files without Tails Doll unleashed in R, into the Gate. The seven time
stones floated down and then activated my failed Protosoul (Protoman/Megaman
fusion) as "TimeProto". Defeating TDsoul was no problem once the time stones came
to my aid. After the battle was won, the game didn't show the usual "Enemy Deleted"
text, it showed something different yet again. "Power Granted" was what it was telling
me, 7 streams of color blasted of the Gameboy and circled me. Then all was black.
After that day I've been on the run.
I have the power of the 7 time stones, from which Tails Doll draws his power, as long
as he faces a good intentioned person holding at least one Time Stone, he will be
weakened. For me, the stones aren't in their usual glittery form: I am TimeProto, the
crimson warrior dedicated to protecting humanity from the evil one. I will free those
who are his minions; I will find a way to beat him once and for all. Any updates
concerning the battle will be sent to this site
This is a message from the late King Elemento. May he rest in peace...
Quick! You have to read this! I've read most of the stories on your site and this is
absolutely mad!
As soon as I saw this site advertised on Chaoparadise.net I thought 'WTF is the tails
doll?' About 3 weeks later I got Sonic Gems collection. I had known of the terror of
Sonic R's infamous Tails Doll by then, but this game's uncursed right? WRONG!!! I
loaded Sonic the Fighters first. Average. Then Sonic CD, which I had been trying to
get hold of for AGES! That was kind of rubbish. I played Vectorman. Awesome! I then
played the Racer. I played as Sonic as he is the fastest. I unlocked Radiant Emerald
and 5/7 Chaos Emeralds pretty quickly, and then soon unlocked M sonic, Egg robo,
6/7 chaos emeralds, then the curse...
I made a mistake... PAH! "That site was telling lies," I thought, but I was wrong. I
completed the Radiant Emerald with all the characters I had unlocked so far. Then I'd
unlocked the last chaos emerald and M Knux. I completed the course with all 10
characters! I exited the game, saving of course. Then I checked my picture museum.
On the site I saw loads of stories about the characters missing and sure enough, the
Tails picture from the museum was missing!
In its space it said: Hint: Complete the museum. You cannot view this yet.
It took a while, but when I finally cleared the other games, the picture was still missing!
I rechecked the hint.
It read: Hint: Play Sonic R one last time. You cannot view this yet.
Well fine! It is my favorite game on Gems! I'll play! That's when I realized the truth of
these stories. I played as Tails Doll on all the courses and did the laps on time attack
under 1 minute. That's what it wanted wasn't it? I rechecked the museum. It had the
Tails picture unlocked but it looked different somehow. It had a red chaos emerald?
THATS THE TAILS DOLL! There is no tails doll pic! I checked GFAQs nope! No TD
pic!
I had downloaded game maker a few weeks ago. What does that have to do with it?
Well, the extras have Sonic music... There wasn't enough. I searched the web
further... Can you feel the sunshine... Livin in the city... Regal Ruin... Reactive
Factory... Supersonic racing... ACK! the Tails doll is behind me... I'm...-
Tails doll typing... SUPPORT OR I WILL KILL YOU!
absolutely mad!
As soon as I saw this site advertised on Chaoparadise.net I thought 'WTF is the tails
doll?' About 3 weeks later I got Sonic Gems collection. I had known of the terror of
Sonic R's infamous Tails Doll by then, but this game's uncursed right? WRONG!!! I
loaded Sonic the Fighters first. Average. Then Sonic CD, which I had been trying to
get hold of for AGES! That was kind of rubbish. I played Vectorman. Awesome! I then
played the Racer. I played as Sonic as he is the fastest. I unlocked Radiant Emerald
and 5/7 Chaos Emeralds pretty quickly, and then soon unlocked M sonic, Egg robo,
6/7 chaos emeralds, then the curse...
I made a mistake... PAH! "That site was telling lies," I thought, but I was wrong. I
completed the Radiant Emerald with all the characters I had unlocked so far. Then I'd
unlocked the last chaos emerald and M Knux. I completed the course with all 10
characters! I exited the game, saving of course. Then I checked my picture museum.
On the site I saw loads of stories about the characters missing and sure enough, the
Tails picture from the museum was missing!
In its space it said: Hint: Complete the museum. You cannot view this yet.
It took a while, but when I finally cleared the other games, the picture was still missing!
I rechecked the hint.
It read: Hint: Play Sonic R one last time. You cannot view this yet.
Well fine! It is my favorite game on Gems! I'll play! That's when I realized the truth of
these stories. I played as Tails Doll on all the courses and did the laps on time attack
under 1 minute. That's what it wanted wasn't it? I rechecked the museum. It had the
Tails picture unlocked but it looked different somehow. It had a red chaos emerald?
THATS THE TAILS DOLL! There is no tails doll pic! I checked GFAQs nope! No TD
pic!
I had downloaded game maker a few weeks ago. What does that have to do with it?
Well, the extras have Sonic music... There wasn't enough. I searched the web
further... Can you feel the sunshine... Livin in the city... Regal Ruin... Reactive
Factory... Supersonic racing... ACK! the Tails doll is behind me... I'm...-
Tails doll typing... SUPPORT OR I WILL KILL YOU!
This pithy piece is from Anonymous.
I've never even heard of the curse until recently. The only wacky Sonic related thing
that has ever happened to me was my sister winning a giant Knuckles plushie from a
giant claw machine (this is true by the way).
The fact is I have gotten 100% on Sonic R for the PC not once but TWICE on two
different computers. The catch? I never played with the music on. I couldn't play with
the music on! For some reason the sound did not come with the CD!
But the more I think about it, the more I realize that the Tails Doll curse should be
affecting me, but its not. Tails Doll is scary, but there are actually more disturbing
things in this world…things that would make even Lovecraft monsters hide under the
covers.
You see, I like Omachao.
Please scream. I rather enjoy it.
that has ever happened to me was my sister winning a giant Knuckles plushie from a
giant claw machine (this is true by the way).
The fact is I have gotten 100% on Sonic R for the PC not once but TWICE on two
different computers. The catch? I never played with the music on. I couldn't play with
the music on! For some reason the sound did not come with the CD!
But the more I think about it, the more I realize that the Tails Doll curse should be
affecting me, but its not. Tails Doll is scary, but there are actually more disturbing
things in this world…things that would make even Lovecraft monsters hide under the
covers.
You see, I like Omachao.
Please scream. I rather enjoy it.