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Forest Stories Episode One Hundred Forty Six Private Property Stay Away · Arroe Collins Like It's Live

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Four Stories. A series of short-winded adventures within
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  Speaker 1: a collection of skyscraping trees stuck feet first in Georgia
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  Speaker 1: clay right here in Carolina. It's been a huge part
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  Speaker 1: of my daily journey for over 33 years. I am
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  Speaker 1: the poet in the forest, a children's series written and
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  Speaker 1: recorded in the 1990s. It's grown into multiple podcasts that
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  Speaker 1: now reach around the world, and none of it would
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  Speaker 1: be possible without this forest right here in South Charlotte,
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  Speaker 1: North Carolina. At the base of Heartbreak Hill sits a
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  Speaker 1: sign that reads, RAINBOW FOREST. Well, it's time you get
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  Speaker 1: to meet what's inspired several generations. Long before the paved
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  Speaker 1: paths decorated with colorful homes colonized around this beautiful lake,
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  Speaker 1: slow-moving stream, flatland swamps, and array of natural animals, there
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  Speaker 1: were families and business owners who are said to have
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  Speaker 1: raced into this area for the beauty of the land,
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  Speaker 1: wild roses, migratory birds, and wild grapevines. Those before me
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  Speaker 1: either forgot to write about it, or it's buried somewhere
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  Speaker 1: inside their family tree. Hey, thanks for being a part
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  Speaker 1: of the conversation.
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  Speaker 2: Welcome back to the forest. Oh boy. Starting to see
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  Speaker 2: a few of these signs in the forest lately. Private property,
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  Speaker 2: no trespassing. Now, I'm guilty of using it one time,
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  Speaker 2: a sign such as that. The day that somebody went
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  Speaker 2: into our forest and they killed a deer. They took
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  Speaker 2: out a deer with an arrow. I still to this
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  Speaker 2: day have that arrow and a lot of bad memories
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  Speaker 2: because it was one of the most horrific things I
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  Speaker 2: had ever seen in my life to walk into the
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  Speaker 2: forest so early in the morning, not because, oh my God,
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  Speaker 2: the forest is beautiful. There's something going on with the
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  Speaker 2: sun shining. The rays of light are so inspiring and
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  Speaker 2: they're bringing love to your heart and song. That's not
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  Speaker 2: what took me back there that particular day. It was
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  Speaker 2: the smell of death because when I walked outside and
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  Speaker 2: my nose was filled with the smell of death, I
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  Speaker 2: knew I needed to look into it because I've been
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  Speaker 2: around that so much. So many birds of prey that
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  Speaker 2: have died in this forest. So many other things that
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  Speaker 2: have died in this forest, especially turtles. But that was
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  Speaker 2: the day. And sure enough, what I wanted to do
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  Speaker 2: was to make sure that nobody else was poaching. Oh,
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  Speaker 2: here comes that word on my property. So they took
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  Speaker 2: those signs down, the people all around. They did. They
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  Speaker 2: had nothing to do with it.
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  Speaker 1: In fact, they dropped them off in my driveway and
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  Speaker 1: pretty much said, you know, you don't put that stuff
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  Speaker 1: up in this forest. Only to be in here today,
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  Speaker 1: And there's another one of those signs. Private property. No trespassing.
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  Speaker 2: You know, being the smart butt kid from Montana where
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  Speaker 2: we say whatever we want to because we walk the
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  Speaker 2: fields with the cattle, the sheep, the wild grasses, and
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  Speaker 2: the horses who just want to neigh their way through
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  Speaker 2: a day. I'm the type of person that would say
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  Speaker 2: my eyes just walked across your property. What do you
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  Speaker 2: want to do about it, property owner? Because I think
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  Speaker 2: my eyes just trespassed. Hey, thanks for being a part
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  Speaker 2: of the conversation.