There were several other equally ghastly figurines of the same general type elsewhere in the trailer ( I did n't go digging for them ) . The most mysterious were , surely , the figurines of small African - American childen riding on the backs of alligators ( one of them is just visible in the upper left corner of the image below ) . Surely , something so odd must mean something -- perhaps they relate to some regional folk - tale or old saying -- but what ?

Options: A. These dolls are very creepy . B. She does not like children . C. She does not like African Americans . D. She is scared by the ghostly machines being collected .
Answer the following question: Why is the narrator a bit unsettled ?
A.