James’s ordinary day took an unexpected twist when he found his son, Liam, sobbing in the attic. As he rushed to comfort him, he had no idea that a long-held secret in their home was about to be revealed.
It all started in 2018 when deer damaged the family’s arborvitae trees. While preparing to replace them, James and Liam noticed something odd near the east side of the yard. At first, they assumed it was an electrical box, but soon realized it was something far more unusual.
In May 2018, when landscapers came to remove the damaged trees, they discovered that the metal object was not what it seemed—it was the entrance to a large hornet’s nest. The nest’s size and the strange mechanical sounds it emitted, similar to a sputtering engine, left James and Liam puzzled, wondering if something important was hidden inside.
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