Melon Heads

Melonheads are a tribe of heavily deformed humans originating from North American Legends. The tales of melonheads began to spread around the '70s with there supposed sightings beginning in Holland, Michigan.

Their origins involve an unnamed asylum burning down in an act of arson caused by the mental patients it housed who escaped into the surrounding woods before the arrival of the fire department and/or police.

The cause of their deformities can vary from telling to telling but is most often attributed to the heavy inbreeding between the descendants of the escaped patients, who are often noted to have been suffering Hydrocephalus: A condition in which an accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid occurs within the brain, in older people Hydrocephalus is noted to not affect the physical appearance of those who suffer from the condition, but this is not the case when it comes to infants, the condition is known to cause, an increase in head size & downward-facing eyes.

It's due to the increase in head size that resulted in their name.

Melonheads are believed to also suffering from various other conditions, most noteworthy being dwarfism with them often being described as being short enough to be confused for a child at a distance.