For years, she was abused by the malicious spirit BOB inhabiting her father's body, which spiked her anxiety and caused her to develop a cocaine addiction. In , Cooper escaped the Lodge, and under the guidance of Mike, Laura herself, and the Fireman , tracked down and defeated his doppelganger and BOB. He then traveled back in time to to save Laura from her fate, possibly as part of a plan to locate the negative force Judy.
However, Laura disappeared after he intervened, and she instead went missing instead of being killed in the new timeline. Cooper then crossed into an uncertain year to search for Laura, eventually finding waitress Carrie Page , who looked identical to her, and attempted to restore her memories by bringing her home to Twin Peaks. Laura's essence is created [4]. Following the Trinity nuclear test in White Sands , New Mexico , a supernatural entity known as the Fireman created a gold orb containing the image of the girl who would one day become Laura Palmer.
Through a special horn-like device, Senorita Dido sent the orb to Earth. Laura was baptized by Clarence Brocklehurst , who also instructed her in Sunday school. Laura would comment that Brocklehurst talked too much. On her twelfth birthday, Laura received a diary and, from her father, a pony whom she named Troy. The following night, she had a nightmare that she was near Pearl Lakes and BOB was singing to her as a wind blew at her.
Her cat, Jupiter ran into the woods and BOB lifted his hands, stopping the wind. She began to feel a burning heat between her legs and BOB began to sing in her mother's voice. He said "Laura, you are home," and she woke up. Laura slept through much of the next morning, hooting like an owl at some point. Her older cousin, Maddy arrived later in the day. Along with her best friend, Donna Hayward , Laura spent much time with Maddy during the following days. They built a fort in the Palmers' backyard, where they discussed boys and tried cigarettes, the latter which made Laura feel mature.
She also tried on some of Maddy's clothes, Maddy telling Laura that they made her look like Audrey Horne , whose father, Benjamin Horne seemed to neglect in favor of Laura. Soon, Laura began to try to resist thinking about sex and try to be good, so that BOB would stop attacking her. However, she found this difficult to do as she would only think about it more, as she began to go through puberty.
