What is the real story of Overbrook Avenue? Secret Origin Research Coorespondent Mr. G____ McElwain offers the following account of his momentous visit to the alleged site of the mystic Avenue:

"In reality, Overbrook Avenue is an unmarked dirt path through the woods. This is true also of Parkstone, Westmont, and Corona Avenues. Some are narrow, some are rather wide. Elmhurst Road is paved for approximately a hundred yards northwest of Lorain Road, at which point it becomes a strange (and, it turns out, lengthy) pseudo-service-road-to-nowhere. Broxbourne Avenue, the northern-most street, at the back of the development, behaves in like manner at its western end.

I can only assume that these paths are the unrealized remains of streets that were planned but never fully cleared or paved. Why the streets were not built is indeed a tantilizing mystery. It may have something to do with the nearby Bradley Woods Metro Parks Reservation, which, according to the map, encompasses some of the land in question. It may have been a lack of funding or lack of interest on the part of builders.

A good deal of lore surrounds the paths's existence and their current use. One local boy reports that "gangs" use the woods for unwholesome activities. It has even been reported from a number of unrelated sources that people gather in those woods in the dark of the night to engage in devil worship and satanic rituals. Though tangible evidence of these types of sinister activities is scarce, it is well known that local children use the paths for all manners of unsupervised recreation. Young military enthusiasts use the woods for midnight training missions. An amateur dirt bike course including trails, ramps, and jumps has been well documented. The system of paths has been extended beyond the original grid of streets, creating shortcuts to various places of interest including a nearby elementary school and the Bradley Woods MetroPark mentioned above.

One issue of grave concern to those endeared to this mysterious area is the proposed extension of Crocker-Bassett Road, a high-traffic four lane road to the north. According to the proposed plans, the extension would obliterate the system of forest paths, and would in part directly coincide with the once intended site for Overbrook Avenue. The children of the area need not fret immediately, however: such an extension has been in the works for at least ten years, and democratic bureaucracy, God bless it, has kept all plans in a safe and intangible form for the time being.

I encourage all who are able to seek out Overbrook Avenue and its mysterious relatives, and to respectfully enjoy the whole area in all of its awe-inspiring mystery while it still exists as we know it today."