Legend of Munchkin Land
It is a common urban legend that, in the 1930s, a group of little people who earned money in Hollywood appearing in movies such as The Wizard of Oz, came to San Diego where they built miniature houses on Mount Soledad.
The legend gained support due to the fact several houses were built on steep slopes overlooking the Pacific and, as you drove or walked by, it was easy to believe, due to optical illusions created as you looked down at the houses from the road, that the doors and other features were smaller than normal. If you actually walked up to the houses it was easy to see they were normal sized. Most of the supposed "Munchkin Houses" have been remodeled and the effect is no longer present.
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