This morning, as denizens rose from their abodes, they discovered that some of their neighbours had disappeared.  During the day, even more were seen to be missing.

Aliens

Following a careless inspection of the area, some lusty denizens pointlessly leapt to the conclusion that aliens had come in the night to beam up their neighbours.  Although this did not fit well with the evidence of those leaving throughout the day by car, several eminent scientists jumped up and down, and clapped with glee, as they were each given a glass of wine and convinced that the imprints left on the grass were probably produced by alien spacecraft, as they landed and took off again with their home educating passengers.

Cosmic HE'ors

Understanding very little about the 

facts of the situation, a delirious, pointy-headed scientist stated that it was a nice day for it.  By the time a caffeine top-up was due, some of the scientists had gone to sleep, and others had decided that the meddling aliens just wanted to know more about home education.  One ecstatic scientist claimed that he would be leaving for Alpha Centauri in a Winnebago this afternoon.

Broken Down

There are many theories among the trippy denizens as to why their comrades are no longer around.  Some think they could have been figments of their collective imagination - a crazy form of chocolate-coated hysteria - but others feel that it is no coincidence that this incident coincides with the destruction of Canehenge, which was rediscovered by locals only a week ago.

Earlier in the week, Canehenge was 

 

 

subject to repairs, following a night of merrymaking among the cheeky locals.  Amidst claims that it was a dark night, comes new evidence that lanterns were lit all the way around the site, and thus you would have to walk in a very wobbly fashion indeed, in order to not avoid the upright poles.  The site preservation officers have their suspicions, but it seemed that the final mishap occurred when teenagers were instructed to take down the Henge and did.

Ghost Town

Soon the tumbleweeds will once again roll around the site where the mighty Canehenge stood.  This time, though, there is no chance of an archaeologist stumbling across the site; one family person stated that, "we will need the bamboo to support our tomatoes and runner beans."  Nearly all the families have now disappeared from the site, and there are reports of increased activity on Internet discussion lists.  Could the two be connected?