Suburbia

Suburbia can be creepy. Highland Park is a perfect example. Perfect little houses with perfect little yards and perfect little people living in them. Everything is just so picturesque. Too picturesque. A few nights ago we went exploring in this pristine little world and stumbled upon some pretty weird stuff. Someone, at sometime, thought that one thing that Highland Park was missing was creepy statues. Grant it these statues probably aren't meant to be creepy, but come across them at night in the dimly lit area they reside in, and boy, are they eerie. There are the bronze, emaciated elves randomly entertaining themselves with a variety of items such as a bugle, a squirrel, and a giant turtle. Then there's the giant teddy bears tucked away by the pond. I would love to know who thought Highland Park was in need of a huge teddy statue. But one of the weirdest things of all is the structure right next to the teddy bears. It's a big, brick warehouse looking building. At first I figured it was a water generator considering there is a waterfall on one side, but then I started to notice the artistic and carefully placed graffiti on the walls. Quotes about clay and water stretch across the walls, skimming the top of a steel door in the middle. There are no windows, and a strange metal roof lines the top. If you follow the metal walkaway at the far edge of the structure, it will lead you to an even stranger building. This house is shaped as a industrial pyramid, with multiple concrete tears and grass growing out of the top of each tear. It's apparent this is a residence only because of the address number on the side of the walkway, and the garbage and recycling cans placed out on the curb. I can't imagine what it would be like to live in a home like this with no windows and tucked away from plain view. "That looks like a place you would go into and never come out.", my friend said. I never would have imagined I would run into such a strange place in the heart of Highland Park, but I guess even Suburbia is not as what it seems.