We had lived in our new house near the forest for barely a month when a neighbor appeared at our door and began shouting about our arrival. She complained about the moving trucks and then insulted my two young sons, calling them noisy “mice.” I told her firmly to leave our property. That evening, another neighbor named Emily explained that the street had always been unusually quiet and mostly child-free.
The following day, someone spray-painted “GET OUT!” across the front of our house. When I confronted the woman, she showed
