The Hidden Life of Levan Merritt

Welcome back my darling starlings to another one of Elara's Quickies where we dive deep

into stories that'll make your heart skip a beat. Today I'm sharing something that absolutely

shattered me when I first discovered it. In 1986 a five year old boy named Levan

Merritt wandered away from his kindergarten class in England. Search parties combed through neighborhoods

for weeks. His parents never stopped looking. Fast forward to 2003 and a woman

named Carol was sorting through her late mother's belongings when she found a hidden

room behind a false wall in the basement. Inside that room was a makeshift bedroom with children's

drawings covering every surface. And there tucked in a corner was a diary.