nature blurb...milipede wall

Yesterday on the radio I heard that a German town that has been besieged by milipedes for hundreds of years has completed their milipede wall. from ABC news: "Residents of a German village are celebrating victory over an unwelcome invader: thousands of millipedes which have turned their streets, gardens and homes into something from a horror film. A foot-high wall, which will eventually encircle Obereichstaett in Bavaria, has finally stemmed the nightly flow of the crawling creatures, which have afflicted the village every autumn for hundreds of years. 'You couldn't take a step without crushing a dozen underfoot. The smell was disgusting.' Bernhard Koderer, 45, who lives with his wife and two children, said: 'Last year was the worst so far. The road to my house was completely covered.'"http://www.abcactionnews.com/content/news/onthedot/story.aspx?content_id=15876065-e95f-4286-9f9d-1e10b36c4f7c