When I was in high school there was an urban legend or rumor going around that there was a little town in some woods that had not been developed. At that time there were lots of areas that hadn't be developed. The little town was supposed to be a bunch of small houses built for little people who had left the circus for a place to retire. Of course I never believed it. I can remember driving around late on a Saturday night with a bunch of friends and several beers trying to find the Little Town. It wasn't until my senior year that we actually happened upon the little town. It was dark and we were a little on the drunk side (it wasn't as bad then to drink and drive as it is now) but we were able to actually see about a half dozen tiny little houses. The houses couldn't have been more then 10 feet tall. All the doors and windows were tiny. Just the right size for little people. It was pretty amazing to see. The legend was true!

This morning while running some errands I decided to take the back roads home because at that time of the morning the traffic was still awful on the main roads. So I decided to drive through the area where I remember the little town used to be. The area is basically at the end of a housing development. It's a big chunk of woods with just one road through it. It's not really a town as it is more of a cluster of houses. I was able to find it easily on my home this morning. Almost all the little houses are still there, however, it looks as though no one lives there anymore. All the houses are really run down and a few boarded up. This small piece of land had escaped the developers over the years I thought. But as I got to the end of the road I saw a bulldozer parked and a few huge piles of dirt. I guess little town has finally died and will be replaced with McMansions. Sad to see it go. I guess the legend is gone. Funny thing is back in high school and even today, I never saw any little people. Just little houses.