The Braies Valley has always been appreciated and visited for its uncontaminated landscape, splendid Alpine setting and spa water springs. Its inhabitants, however, were involved in several ownership disputes; not only did savages, dwarfs and witches fight over the rights to the valley, but important people, such as the Abbess of the Abbey of Castelbadia and the Bishop of Bressanone, Nicola Cusano, appreciated its qualities. 

Last but not least, kings, princes and heirs to the throne have enjoyed the bracing air of the Braies Dolomites and the famous local woodland berries.

Once, when the inhabitants of Braies did not dare venture into the mountains because they were inhabited by dwarfs and witches, three men stayed in a refuge playing cards. They were very merry, helped by an excellent blueberry grappa that the men liked very much. They had picked the berries used to make it on a hill that belonged to the Little Forest Valley Man, a shy and dishevelled dwarf. 
When the men saw the bottle was almost empty, they decided to call the Little Man; they shouted out his name several times up the chimney but had no luck. 

Then, suddenly, they heard a rustle in the fireplace and the dwarf appeared before them shouting: «Not only are you drinking the grappa made with my blueberries but, as if that were not enough, you also play tricks on me!» And as he shouted, he stamped on his greasy leather trousers. 

The men, terror-stricken by this strange scene, rushed up the chimney one after the other. You can still see them today on the Kaser refuge, turned into strange heaps of rocks covered with edelweiss; the locals call them «the Drunkards of Braies», while mapmakers call them the «Spitzköfel», that is the «Mad Heads». And whose fault is that? The excellent local woodland berries, of course!