Annabelle has been an iconic haunted relic for many years. Now, paranormal experts share the disturbing experiences they had when meeting her for the first time.

This month there has been renewed interest in the 'possessed' doll after she was taken on tour.

People were outraged that she was relocated as they believed Lorraine and Ed Warren - renowned paranormal researchers and founders of Warren's Occult Museum where Annabelle is kept in a protective case - did not want her moved.

(Sources who knew the Warrens told the Daily Mail the couple made no such demands, and the Daily Mail reached out to their son-in-law for comment, but has not heard back.)

Paranormal investigator Ryan Buell, who joined the tour which has so far landed in San Antonio, New Orleans and West Virginia, recalled that he immediately became uneasy upon meeting Annabelle. 

Buell is no stranger to the occult and has spent years exploring the realm of the supernatural, but coming face to face with Annabelle was an entirely different challenge. 

As he looked down at the doll for the very first time more than 15 years ago, he said he became 'genuinely creeped out'.

Buell was at an event in Eastern Pennsylvania around 2009 where he and others were set to meet with Lorraine to learn about the doll and the occult.

'As you're walking through [the barn], you got to see all these items from the museum and at they very end, you would come into a room and there would be Annabelle, you know, at your feet,' Buell recalled to the Daily Mail. 

The Annabelle doll (pictured) is one of the most iconic haunted relics, and her legacy was only furthered after The Conjuring and Annabelle movie franchises, which featured different versions of the doll

As a paranormal investigator, Ryan Buell (pictured) is no stranger to the occult, but he found his experience meeting Annabelle for the firs time 'genuinely creepy'

Chris Gilloren (pictured), lead investigator for the New England Society for Psychic Research, found even as a skeptic that meeting Annabelle was 'terrifying' 

He and Lorraine were set to stand and take pictures with Annabelle and other visitors. 

'They were giving us the tour and showing us the setup and the event organizer was there, the photographer... I was like, 'Whoa, the Annabelle.'

'So I leaned down and looked at it, and I said, 'So you're the doll everyone is making this fuss about,'' Buell recalled. 

At that very moment, her head dropped. 

'I looked at it for a couple seconds and then its head just fell down and then very mechanically went right back up to look at me,' he said. 

'I turn around bewildered to look at Lorraine or the event organizer to be like, 'Is this a joke? Is this like part of the act?' But they had all left.

'So, I'm sitting in this room alone with Annabelle and it moved. And I'm trying to process this and I'm kind of frozen,' he said. 

'And then all of a sudden it was like a weird time warp experience because then suddenly attendees started coming through and I'm like, what the hell is going on?'

Shortly after, everyone got together to take those photos.

'I looked at it for a couple seconds and then its head just fell down and then very mechanically went right back up to look at me,' Buell said. 'I like about left my body...' Pictured is Buell with the cinematic version of the Annabelle doll

'I've done the paranormal. I've seen some weird things, but to hear about this doll, and then the first time I meet it, it does that... it wasn't fun for me. I was genuinely creeped out,' Buell said

Buell had heard stories of Annabelle for most of his life and said he had 'deep respect' for her.

'In the first several pictures, I'm looking behind me and they had to keep retaking the picture,' he recalled. 'I remember saying to Lorraine, like 'Lorraine, it moved.' And she just so casually, said, 'Well, yeah, stop staring at it. You're giving her attention.''   

'Again, I've done the paranormal. I've seen some weird things, but to hear about this doll, and then the first time I meet it, it does that... it wasn't fun for me. I was genuinely creeped out.' 

'Respect as in like how we respect the devil. Respect of what they're capable of doing,' he said. 

He continued, sharing that he grew up hearing about Ed and Lorraine and their renowned reputation as paranormal researchers.  

'You hear about how this is a dangerous artifact, that there's this demonic attachment. You know, growing up, you heard about the Warrens, even my mom, you know, this is pre-internet days,' Buell said. 

'My mom knew who Ed and Lorraine were because they'd be in the news about Amityville, Enfield, that made for TV movie Fox had in the early '90s.

'So, like, you hear about all this, you're seeing it and then it moves. You believe the stories.'

'I had never been into the museum before, and [Tony] goes, 'just wait here and make sure nobody touches anything when they come down.' And then he leaves me, he leaves me in the Warren's Occult Museum by myself,' Gilleron said

'My mom knew who Ed and Lorraine were because they'd be in the news about Amityville, Enfield, that made for TV movie Fox had in the early '90s. So, like, you hear about all this, you're seeing it and then it moves - you believe the stories,' Buell said

For Chris Gilloren, however, his experience meeting Annabelle went a little differently after being left alone in the Warren's Occult Museum - surrounded by haunted relics, including the infamous doll. 

Gilloren, who is a self professed skeptic, works with the New England Society for Paranormal Research (NESPR) as their lead investigator. 

He met Annabelle more than 15 years ago inside the Warren's home. 

'Back then, they had these Warrenologies, they would call them,' Gilloren told the Daily Mail. 

'People would come, and they would sit in her living room - you know, a group of maybe 20 people, they'd sit in her house - and Tony [Spera] would put on a little presentation.' 

He told the Mail Lorraine would talk to the group before showing them around the museum. 

'We had shown up early, Dan [Rivera] and I, he's the senior lead investigator now. We showed up early and offered our assistance,' Gilleron recalled. 

'So we helped set up chairs, and the night went on, and [Tony] was getting ready to bring people down into the museum.'

Despite Annabelle's sinister reputation, she is set to continue aiding NESPR with educating the public and touring across the country. Pictured above is the version of the doll created for movies

Gilleron explained that, at the time, the museum was in the basement and he was asked to follow Tony down and wait while people were brought downstairs. 

'I had never been into the museum before, and [Tony] goes, 'Just wait here and make sure nobody touches anything when they come down.' And then he leaves me, he leaves me in the Warren's Occult Museum by myself,' Gilleron continued. 

'And I'm like, 'This is terrifying.' I mean, I've never been down [there]. I don't know what to do.' 

He described how Annabelle, at the time, was in her old case, with a red light inside, on the wall. 

'It's just me, Annabelle and a bunch of haunted relics, you know, that Ed had collected over the years. While I was in there, I could hear whispers,' he recalled.  

'There was just chatter. I was in there all alone. It was my first time. I was terrified. 

'It was just like whispering, and it was almost like, you know, Annabelle, and other items were having these little conversations.' 

'I couldn't really tell what they were saying, but it was like chattering.' 

Annabelle's dark legacy will also continue in another Conjuring film set to be released in September, in which Ed and Lorraine's daughter, Judy, and son-in-law, Tony, are also featured. Pictured above is the version of the doll created for movies

Gilleron said that was the only time he had such an experience within the museum, which he visits multiple times a month for various reasons. But Annabelle's affect on people has been something Gilleron and Buell have experienced first hand on many occasions. 

Gilleron recalled that people have heard Annabelle's name or their own name when doing other investigations with NESPR. 

'I've been with other groups, where they had experiences with Annabelle, a lot of lightheadedness and, you know, uneasy feelings,' he continued. 

'People have come out, you know, nauseous, throwing up and what not. That's happened a number of times.  

'They walk around the museum and when they get close to Annabelle... the last time it happened was another investigator, a YouTuber...' Gilleron recalled.

'We were walking around the museum - we had just entered - and he didn't even realize that Annabelle was around the corner.

'As soon as he came around the corner, without even seeing her, he had to run out. And, you know, he vomited all over the place,' he continued. 

But despite Annabelle's sinister reputation, she is set to continue aiding NESPR with educating the public and touring across the country. 

Her dark legacy will also continue in another Conjuring film set to be released in September, in which Ed and Lorraine's daughter, Judy, and son-in-law, Tony, are also featured.