The melon heads

The melon head is an urban legend which has it own version in every state. in this we will be looking into the three major versions of this legends in three different cities.

Ohio

The melon heads were orphaned and raised by a mysterious figure known as Dr. Crow. Crow is said to have experimented on the children, causing them to develop large, hairless heads and malformed bodies. According to some accounts, the children already had hydrocephalus, and Crow injected even more fluid into their brains. According to legend, the children eventually killed Crow, burned the orphanage, and retreated to the surrounding forests, where they allegedly fed on babies. Legend has it that melon heads can be seen on Wisner Road in Kirtland and Chardon. The internet has popularized the melon head legend.

Michigan

Long ago, there was a hospital that treated children who had water on the brain, a condition known as hydrocephalic, which causes large, swollen heads. The hospital was forced to close due to a lack of funding, leaving the children with no choice but to seek refuge in the woods.

The term "melon head" was allegedly coined by students at the old seminary in Holland that is now the Felt Mansion... Evidently, the name was coined to describe the "smart kids" and got all twisted and tied in with the hydrocephalic, forest-living children. They've also been nicknamed "wobble heads" over the years. In terms of the back story, it is said that the children all lived in the mansion at one point and were abused by their doctor. The children had had enough and murdered the doctor before dismembering his body; they reasoned that it would be easier to hide small pieces of the body rather than a whole one, so they got rid of the parts by throwing, hiding, and burying them throughout the mansion grounds. They then left the mansion and began living in underground caves left over from an abandoned zoo.

After trespassing on the grounds, a group of thrill-seeking teenagers claim to have seen ghosts of some of the children, as well as shadows depicting the doctor's murder and dismemberment. The Felt Mansion is still thought to be haunted, and others argue that they see these pretty weird kids inside the woods.

 Connecticut

Melon heads settle on the outskirts of town along densely forested rural roads known as "melon head roads." Milford's melonhead road, for example, is Zion Hill Road. Shelton owns Saw Mill City Road. Melon heads are also said to inhabit Monroe, Stratford, Seymour, Weston, Easton, Oxford, Southbury, Fairfield, New Haven, and Trumbull.

Another hypothesis holds that the phrase "melon head" originates from the Appalachian name Melungeon, which denotes mixed-race individuals. They were European misfits, emancipated slaves, and Native Americans who stayed to themselves. According to one legend, they sprung from a witchcraft-accused family who were sent into the forest, where they survived and inbred. They transformed into melon heads as a result of millennia of inbreeding.

Another idea holds that the melon heads escaped from Fairfield Hills Hospital, a now-defunct mental hospital, or Garner Correctional Institute, which specialized in offenders with mental health issues. Both are located in Newtown, Connecticut. In one iteration, the melon heads escape from an undisclosed mental facility in the 1960s. When the mansion allegedly caught fire, some of the inmates fled and turned to cannibalism, causing their skulls to enlarge. Legend has it that in the 1980s, a group of females from Notre Dame High School in Fairfield decided to go for a drive after a Friday night football game. They climbed into a blue Granada and drove to Trumbull's Velvet Street, where they sought for the melon heads.

The females got out of the car and went into the woods, leaving the headlights on. They'd traveled a few hundred feet when they heard the vehicle door slam. The engine then started, and the vehicle began to drive toward them. Figures could be seen within. They were the size of children, with big heads, rags for clothes, and an orange light in their eyes.

Some claim that the melon heads are still driving around in that blue Granada.