The Hills Outside of Town

The farmers in the town cut down the Hill Swamps to plant a monoculture of corn. Turns out they shouldn't have done that, because they disturbed ... A BUNCH OF DEAD PEOPLE! They didn't want to deal with all the undead wandering around, so they abandoned their fields. The swamp water started seeping back in, and all the corn died and is now rotting and growing mold. Then a bunch of newts started colonizing the area. The only living things aside from the newts and mold are birds that eat the newts. Some of those birds look pretty cool, they're the only things that aren't exactly the same everywhere in the swamp. Hey look, that bird looks big enough to eat you! And it's looking at you kind of funny!

Why would anyone ever come up here?