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Worldwide Weird Travel with Ben Osto
Worldwide Weird Travel with Ben Osto
Little People’s Village, Middlebury/Waterbury, CT:
Photos and Text by Ben Osto
Photos and Text by Ben Osto
The remains of the cursed throne. It was once brightly painted and decorated.
I was thrilled to find this place because it’s not only a haunted spot, it’s also a famous old roadside attraction from the 1920’s and a folk art site, which satisfies my wife’s interests. I have to admit I was driven to visit this place because I had a dream about a similar place many years ago that was so frightening I never forgot it. There are many variations on the story behind this particular site.
One is that an old man was married to a witch who demanded he build the village for the little people who lived in the woods. Another says that the old man heard the voices of the little people demanding that he build them this village. The old man went insane and died on the premises. Some say he killed his wife in the pink throne, which was built among the little buildings, or that his wife killed him there. The consistent element of all of the stories is that if you sit on the stone throne you will die within seven years, or maybe three.
When I looked over the layout I thought it might have been a large religious grotto, similar to the amazing Ava Maria Grotto. But I heard from a former resident of Middlebury that it was an old service station from the 1920’s that was located near the trolley tracks which ran to the Quassy Lake resort area. It was indeed run by an old man with a white beard and even then was it was in disrepair.
One is that an old man was married to a witch who demanded he build the village for the little people who lived in the woods. Another says that the old man heard the voices of the little people demanding that he build them this village. The old man went insane and died on the premises. Some say he killed his wife in the pink throne, which was built among the little buildings, or that his wife killed him there. The consistent element of all of the stories is that if you sit on the stone throne you will die within seven years, or maybe three.
When I looked over the layout I thought it might have been a large religious grotto, similar to the amazing Ava Maria Grotto. But I heard from a former resident of Middlebury that it was an old service station from the 1920’s that was located near the trolley tracks which ran to the Quassy Lake resort area. It was indeed run by an old man with a white beard and even then was it was in disrepair.
The only Little People's House left. You can see what remains of the elaborate details inside and outside.
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