In some places in the United States, mainly in Ottawa County, Michigan and Cleveland, Ohio, there is a story of strange beings appearing in the forests and on the roads. Creatures resembling small children with abnormally large heads, who according to the stories have come to attack people and have never been able to communicate with them.
But the stories of their origins are very varied, and all are chilling…
Their story began in the 60’s and 70’s, and at first it started as a rumor about strange little silhouettes appearing on the side of roads, confusing drivers, or even attacking them. At that time the community did not pay much attention to the alleged apparitions, but little by little more people witnessed strange events in the places where the creatures had appeared.
It was then that the descriptions began to come out, where many spoke of small children with huge heads, while others referred directly to aliens. And that’s when the theories started to come out. Some spoke of beings that had come from another planet and had been stranded on ours, as they said that was the only explanation for the huge heads, but the theories and stories that really made the inhabitants nearby feel terror were the stories of the asylum and Dr. Crow.
Another theory, less far-fetched but more frightening, was that of a nursing home which during colonial times it had been a centre for the study of hydrocephalus, leaving children with the disease in the care of the place.
However, despite the good faith of the idea, it is said that the children were not treated properly and that all the efforts ended up turning the poor little ones into something more like a mutant or a deformed creature. And that eventually they had escaped into the woods.
But among all, the most interesting story is the one about a supposed Dr. Crow, a doctor who stole children and adopted them as his own, but only with the intention of doing experiments on them, which on many occasions ended with the death of the little ones, who were buried nearby.
But eventually the little ones devised a way to kill him and escape and setting fire to the place as they fled.
Another version of the doctor’s story told that he was really interested in the care of children and even had a wife who helped him take care of them, but she died in an accident, causing the children to lose control in front of an impotent Dr. Crow, and according to this version it is a child in his lack of control who throws a gas lamp on the floor, causing the death of all. And it is their spirits that appear in the vicinity.
Whatever the truth is about these strange creatures, their origin or even their nature remains unknown, and perhaps the story of the Melonheads will remain so forever, without answers…
Which of the theories do you think is the spookiest?