It’s one thing to hear a random thud from the woods and assume it was “just nature.” It’s another thing to watch a full-on log rip downhill on your trail cam, headed straight toward the back of your neighborhood.
That’s what set off alarms for a family living near Grand Ridge Park in Issaquah, Washington—and what eventually led to King County alleging that public forestland above them had been illegally cut up for the sake of a better view. The details come from the source post, and the numbers are hard to ignore: the county says 142 trees were cut down or damaged without permits or authorization.
A backyard camera caught the moment everything changed
The first warning didn’t come from a letter, a ranger, or a posted notice. It came from a trail camera pointed at the woods—something a lot of homeowners set up for deer, coyotes, or the occasional late-night porch prowler.
Instead of wildlife, the camera caught a “large log barreling down the hill” toward homes at the bottom. Caitlin McNulty, one of the residents, described it as moving so fast it felt “incredibly unsafe.”…