Will he finally put the hpd on the street to count heads. Connecticut urban legend talks of deformed humans called melon heads living in the woods of fairfield county hiding from society. Lamont signs executive order requiring masks, face. The children, scott, rachel, karen, and jeff have used this business to learn fundamental business practices and leadership skills. By brian mccready, patch staff the most read stories on patch. Melon heads is the name given to strange beings who live in the forests of michigan, connecticut, and ohio. Mellen works in hartford, ct and specializes in gynecology. Whether it is a getaway for two, a family of six or a location for a group retreat, its time to celebrate in paradise at the mellon patch inn. Melon heads is the name given to legendary beings and urban legends in parts of michigan, ohio, and con.
Melonheads dracula drive stratford, shelton, trumbull. The melon heads of connecticut new england historical. Nov 09, 2008 i was born and raised in monroe ct, in 1958 went masuk high school, as a young adult we would go down velvet st. According to the first variation of the myth, fairfield county was the location of an asylum for the criminally insane. In a number of towns such as shelton, trumbull and monroe, several legends place the melon heads territory around a mysterious and mythical street commonly referred to as dracula drive. The melon patch 9423 n us highway 41, oaktown, indiana 47561 rated 4.
Milford, trumbull, shelton, oxford, monroe, seymore, weston, southbury, and stratford, connecticut have all been said to be home to melon heads, but what or who are they. Pumpkin patch is a family fun filled adventure where you ride on a trolley car out to the pumpkin patch field and each child can pick out a free pumpkin. Oxford, southbury, trumbull and my current hometown of shelton. One of the more popular urban legends is the downs road story out of hamden in which people have reported to have seen apparitions of children and other ghosts floating down the country road, while others report that melon heads ran up to them and clawed their cars. See more ideas about clip art, coloring pages and digi stamps. Teachers pay teachers is an online marketplace where teachers buy and sell original educational materials. Oxford, ct patch breaking local news events schools weather. What is fun to see this legend still is going on today. Almost 50 years in ct and its the first ive heard too. A good number of inmate bodies were not recovered or identified, and these escaped inmates escaped to the woods. The melon heads of michigan are said to reside around felt mansion, although they have also. And of course there is the tale of the melonheads, a mixed breed of. Do you have questions about finding other single family real estate for sale in monroe. Different variations of the legend attribute different origins.
It seems the yankee variation of the melon head is the melonhead. The melon heads of dracula drive road revealed youtube. Most instances can be found in trumbull, shelton, stratford and monroe, but other instances can be found in seymour, easton, weston, oxford, milford, and southbury. They are said to look like a humans with bulbous, melonlike heads. Our cottagestyle inn is reminiscent of old key west with quaint, comfortable rooms and offers the sophisticated accommodations of an intimate, small luxury inn. That was a very in depth article for a legend that none of us. At the market, we grow and sell a wide selection of nutritious, locally grown foods, as well as, other farm fresh products including luscious jellies, jams, preserves, syrups, pickled vegetables, pecans, peanuts, bbq sauces, candies and many more delightful foods. In the american folklore of michigan, ohio, and connecticut, melon heads are beings generally described as small humanoids with bulbous heads who occasionally emerge from hiding places to attack people. I was born and raised in monroe ct, in 1958 went masuk high school, as a young adult we would go down velvet st. Free printable book marks black and white melonheadz clipartthis set contains the coloring page as shown here, black and white images only. Colleen mellen, hartford hospital urogynecology gynecology. Our collection of hats provides endless options for cancer patients and women with hair loss. Thrill seekers can take on the melon head revenge trail and the signature haunted.
View 25 photos for 4 melon patch ln, westport, ct 06880 a 6 bed, 7 bath, 6,844 sq. Each graphic is hand drawn by me, and unique to melonheadz. Zion hill road, for example, is milfords melon head road. Featured events are paid listings by users and receive priority placement on patch, on our social pages and in our daily newsletters. The melon heads live on the outskirts of town on heavily wooded country roads, known as melon head roads. Ned lamont ordered several major changes for grocery and retail stores in connecticut to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Melon heads is the name given to legendary beings and urban legends in parts of michigan, ohio, and connecticut generally described as small humanoids with bulbous heads, theorized in the 1970s, who occasionally emerge from hiding places to attack people. Bring the kids to the pumpkin patch the trolley museums nonspooky fall event for young children and families. And of course there is the tale of the melonheads, a mixed breed of human with abnormally large melon shaped heads who have been seen in milford, monroe, seymour, weston, oxford, southbury. Every new england town can claim a ghost and many have a witch in their past, but the melon heads belong to only a handful of places in southwestern connecticut. Well, connecticut has melon heads and theyre supposedly pretty deadly. If you prefer hearing a human voice be sure to include your phone number. Visit the new online home of the melon patch players. Do you have questions about finding other single family real estate for sale in stepney.
Property overview 5 melon patch ln, westport, ct 06880 is a single family home built in 1971. Do you have questions about finding other single family real estate for sale in westport. Melon heads is the name given to legendary beings and urban legends in parts of michigan, ohio, and connecticut generally described as small. Different variations of the legend attribute different origins to the entities.
Hyperlocal news, alerts, discussion and events for oxford, connecticut. My family and i went to dracula drive and we were looking for melon heads but we saw a racoon after that my sister and my dad were looking out the window and they saw something run so fast and they thought it was a melon head and i was so scared that night. No melon heads a man allegedly took over a female victims facebook and gmail accounts and wouldnt give it back without nude. Most instances can be found in trumbull, shelton and monroe, but other instances can be found in seymour, weston, oxford, milford, and southbury. Now, in connecticut, the melon heads are allegedly everything from a group of escaped mental patients to a lost colony of inbred mountain folk dating back to colonial times. Legends of fear is surely not for the faint of heart. Crow decided to take care of at his facility in kirtland, ohio. Fresh produce at the farm market marks melon patch. Sit down brian, shut the cakehole in that balding little melon of yours. Legend in michigan the melon heads of michigan are said to. Apparently new england melonheads reside only in connecticut.
An inbred family of melon heads known as weeble heads were said to live outside risbury, england, around 1900. Mellen is affiliated with hartford hospital and the hospital of central connecticut bradley campus. The melon heads also supposedly live on the outskirts of monroe, stratford, seymour, weston, easton, oxford, southbury, fairfield. I hear that there are melon heads on velvet road in trumbull, connecticut near where i live. Our famous roadside farm market is well known for the freshest produce around. View 25 photos for 4 melon patch ln, monroe, ct 06468 a 3 bed, 2 bath, 2,144 sq. In the american folklore of michigan, north carolina, connecticut, melon heads are beings described as small humanoids with bulbous heads who emerge from hiding places to attack people. Several variations of the melon head myths can be found in fairfield county, connecticut.
Melon heads is the name given to legendary beings and urban legends in parts of michigan, ohio, and connecticut generally described as small humanoids with bulbous heads who occasionally emerge from hiding places to attack people. Oxford, ct patch breaking local news events schools. Although as it turns out, the legend of the melon heads seems native to multiple towns around connecticut including shelton, trumbull, monroe, seymour, oxford, southbury and of course, milford, where i grew up and heard stories about midnight encounters with melon heads throughout my youth. Oxford, ct obituaries, tributes, and stories about the lives of community members. Love your melon is an apparel brand dedicated to giving a hat to every child battling cancer in america. If you choose not to donate back your ticket price, we do. Deaths related to coronavirus complications surpass. My boyfriend actually said when he was little in his friends car, they were driving down in that area where there are dirt roads and woods on both sides. The whole melon head story was interesting to me because growing up. Several variations of the melon head myths can be found fairfield county, connecticut. In 1991, marie guglielmo, a staff writer for the bridgeport post now the connecticut post, collected reports regarding these bulbousheaded beings. Theyre described as mutant hospital escapees that are also. The creatures are said to appear remotely human with bulbous, melon like heads. Jul 22, 2009 from the creepy cleveland archivescontributed by ben dawg hey, my name is ben, and i live in hudsonville, michigan.
Posted in uncategorized with tags black diamond watermelons, black diamonds, holmes melon patch, melons, pumpkins, selling melons, watermelons on september 20, 20 by holmesmelons will be in shenandoah 3. Oxford, ct news local weather forecast for the week ahead oxford, ct news peek inside 5 properties now on the market. Melon patch players 311 n th st leesburg, fl performing. The vincennes urban enterprise association has decided to postpone the upcoming meeting for 30 days. The melon heads were originally abandoned children that a scientist by the name of dr. Monroe, seymour, weston, oxford, southbury, trumbull and shelton. According to another theory, the term melon head may stem from melungeon, which describes mixedrace people in. In the american folklore of michigan, ohio, north carolina, and connecticut, melon heads are. The first deals with a mental asylum that caught fire and burned to the ground in the fall of 1960. In western and central new haven county tales can be found in towns like seymour, oxford, milford, and southbury. The entire anderberg family started this fresh fruit and vegetable business in 1994. Chances are well contact you via email unless you would rather us give you a call. My aunt lives on that street so when i was little we walked on dracula drive and i did.
Coronavirus is impacting the entire country, including connecticut. Dreaming of a green christmas university of oxford, medical. C heck out creepy clevelands melon heads page for some truly amusing testimonials and comments on the melon heads. There are three distinct different origin for the stories of the melonheads that may exist in southwestern connecticut. All of our hats for cancer patients are designed to provide full head coverage, eliminating the need for additional liners or headbands to conceal the hair line. Enjoy glorious fall foliage as you ride a vintage trolley car to. For example, a large family of melon heads supposedly once lived in bavaria, germany, in the mid 19th century. They re described as mutant hospital escapees that are also. His story changed often, but the ones i remember best concerned the melon heads being people that were horribly deformed after years of inbreeding and another having been escaped mental patients who had horrible experiments done on them that left them with large soft heads and a hunger for human fleshi know my dad told sick stories. The situation will be evaluated one week before the next scheduled meeting before deciding to meet.
I also saw that like milford, many of these towns had melon head roads in milford back. Melon heads its something wiki fandom powered by wikia. Melon heads is the name given to the legendary beings that live in the forests of michigan, connecticut, and ohio. Colleen mellen is a practicing gynecology doctor in hartford, ct.
Susan vanech, real estate agent in connecticut compass. Distributions in revenue such as this can set the entire venue back, making it hard to recover. So it sounds like my retro favourites melon balls wrapped in prosciutto or a prawn cocktail are out. Melonheadz teaching resources teachers pay teachers. View 16 photos for 55 melon patch ln, monroe, ct 06468 a 4 bed, 3 bath, 2,206 sq. Known as melon heads, locals have reported sightings of these strange humanoid beings around fairfield and new haven counties since the late 1960s. In the american folklore of michigan, ohio, north carolina, and connecticut, melon heads are beings generally described as small humanoids with bulbous heads who occasionally emerge from hiding places to attack people. Pics oxford, ct news latest oxford coronavirus updates. The melon patch players are a nonprofit organization which relies on our ticket sales, much like an individual who finds themself living paychecktopaycheck. These roads at times are associated with the local variation of the melon head legend and are said to be part of the melon heads territory. The melon heads of connecticut new england historical society. Additionally, when you return back to the museum you can decorate the pumpkins, get your face painted, play in.
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