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Melon Heads
Small humanoids with bulbous heads roam the woods of Ohio (and Michigan and Connecticut). Legends say they escaped from an asylum, experiments gone wrong. Some say inbreeding. They attack anyone who enters their territory at night.
1800s - Present
Ohio, USA
100+ witnesses
The Melon Heads haunt the backroads of multiple states.
The Legend
What’s told:
- Small humanoids
- Huge misshapen heads
- Inbred descendants
- Escaped patients
- Live in woods
Ohio Version
Kirtland, Ohio:
- Dr. Crow experiments
- Hydrocephalic children
- Orphanage fire
- Survivors fled
- Live in woods
Michigan Version
Near Felt Mansion:
- Junction Insane Asylum
- Patients escaped
- Inbred for generations
- Attack cars
- Laketown Township
Connecticut Version
Fairfield County:
- Shelton area
- Asylum patients
- Released or escaped
- Deformed children
- Wooded areas
The Sightings
What people report:
- Small figures
- Large heads
- Run into woods
- Chase vehicles
- Night encounters
The Truth
Possible origins:
- Hydrocephalus patients
- Isolated communities
- Pure legend
- Multiple origins
- Fear of “other”