My town turned against me but I'm not backing down…

Hazel Eleanor

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00:00My backyard's open right now so that you can waltz on back there while I pay taxes

00:04for every inch of land that you step on.

00:09You have stumbled onto the largest land dispute on social media.

00:14Been in a pretty big land battle over this dirt back here,

00:17specifically the creek that goes through my backyard since July of last year.

00:22This property owner has been at war with her town.

00:26When I found the home that I'm in now, I fell in love immediately.

00:30The bad news?

00:31The prior owners did not tell me that my backyard, with a creek running through it, as was advertised,

00:39was being used as an extension of a public park and had been for decades.

00:44And while the size of my property shouldn't matter, I only own a little bit more than half an acre.

00:49My county filed suit against me to either take my land or force me to share

00:52when my neighbors started pounding their fists and getting quite upset

00:56when I exercised my private property rights and told them I no longer wanted to share

01:00my land with them, like prior owners did, after they abused me and abused my land.

01:06And for the record, I did try to share with them for almost a year and a half.

01:10Everything I did was used against me.

01:11Trespassers have been spotted in her back garden and are trying to intimidate her.

01:17I'm inside my home and this man is filling up.

01:22It's not your land here.

01:23Hey, I want to know something.

01:29What's your problem?

01:30Not you.

01:31The entitled members of my community who stomped their feet and had a tantrum

01:35and asked the government to open up my backyard so that their kids could dip their toes.

01:39Yeah, you.

01:40What's your problem?

01:42Because I heard from a little bird that you guys have been writing emails to the county commissioner

01:47on the daily to complain, and I can't figure out what in the world you're complaining about.

01:54My backyard's open right now so that you can waltz on back there while I pay taxes

01:59for every inch of land that you step on, including the land underneath the creek.

02:05Is that not what you wanted?

02:07Because I thought it was.

02:09Perhaps you're mad that I'm doing a better job parenting your little kids

02:13when you allow them to come down to the creek under the age of 12

02:17by themselves near a body of water during runoff season.

02:21Because that's not only against the park rules, but it's dangerous.

02:24And it's negligent.

02:26But damn, you guys.

02:27Man, hard to please.

02:30To those that want to make me out to be the bad guy for filming,

02:33I'm not trying to ruin your day.

02:34I'm just trying to protect myself from property damage and liability.

02:38Now, right before I got sued, the county held a town hall to discuss my land,

02:42and about 75 people from the community showed up.

02:44It was a modern-day Salem witch trial and a whole ordeal fighting over my dirt.

02:50And now, yesterday, after months of negotiation with the county,

02:55I have reached a settlement.

02:57They finally come to an agreement.

03:00Get ready to see her new property lines.

03:03There has been temp fencing erected around my property,

03:05so come with me.

03:06I'm going to show you all around.

03:08And I'm seeing it for the first time, by the way.

03:09This tree right here, really kind of all the way behind that sandwich board,

03:14those are trees and property that I just conveyed to the county for public use.

03:20You can see that they have kind of the rule board out here for accessing Bear Creek.

03:26The property line that I used to have was including all of this stuff right here.

03:32Kind of weird to think about, but here we go.

03:33So, we're skipping down the trail.

03:36I do still have liability signs up just while we finalized everything.

03:42Now, for those of you looking at this going,

03:44what in the world?

03:45This is the beach.

03:47Yeah, and the water is really, really high right now.

03:51Taking a look back now that I'm in,

03:53all of that, all of that right here,

03:57all the way to this line,

03:58that was my property.

04:01And now it will become public land.

04:03Those trees will be protected.

04:05I'm absolutely thrilled about that.

04:07The public will get a loop trail that comes in through here

04:10and goes around and which is hopefully ADA accessible.

04:14And as you can see,

04:16private property beyond this point.

04:18That is now officially my backyard

04:21that I am retaining through this nightmare.

04:25Now, I'm standing in my backyard.

04:27We're getting a totally different view.

04:30You can see that is public on the right side of that line.

04:33And on the left-hand side,

04:35this is my backyard.

04:37And now I'm standing at the far edge of my property

04:39and you can see kind of way back over there,

04:41the log in the yellow line.

04:43The public will be far away

04:44and hopefully can enjoy the beach in peace.

04:47Well, I enjoy my property in peace.

04:49This is not the only person

04:51who's jumped to the conclusion

04:52that because I've settled with the county,

04:54I must be giving in.

04:55Settling means both parties agree.

04:59I agree to something that makes me happy.

05:03It's my choice.

05:04And having it be my choice

05:06with what I do with my property,

05:08isn't that what the whole thing's about?

05:10Unfortunately, the drama doesn't end here.

05:13So apparently people aren't done

05:15acting like total fools in public.

05:17And you know I got video.

05:20Now for some context setting,

05:22my fiance was basically telling a member of the public

05:24who had wandered onto our property

05:25through the creek,

05:26because in Colorado,

05:27you can own the land underneath the water,

05:29that they were on private property.

05:31Hey, buddy.

05:33Hey, buddy.

05:35You're on the wrong side of that line.

05:40Just a foot or two.

05:41That's when some random woman decides

05:43she's going to make this her issue.

05:45And like they always are,

05:46she's confidently incorrect

05:48about absolutely everything.

05:50Colorado Star State's lost.

05:54Excuse me?

05:57Yeah?

05:57She received 250K for the land.

06:06That's right.

06:07No more court.

06:08In fact, on Friday,

06:10the same day that the announcement went out,

06:11we met with the judge.

06:13And the trial has been officially vacated.

06:17And the entire lawsuit will be dismissed

06:19as soon as all matters of the settlement agreement

06:21are executed.

06:23Pretty cool, huh?

06:25What a wild story.

06:26And to think she's been at war

06:28with her town over this

06:29for over a year now, too.

06:31Not going to lie,

06:32if people were using my backyard

06:33as their own,

06:34I would be just as fuming as she is.

06:36Just imagine,

06:37you're trying to have a cup of coffee

06:39and there's someone outside filming

06:40and trying to antagonize you.

06:42Props to her for keeping her cool.

06:44Now, as you can imagine,

06:45comments on the original video

06:46were completely rooting for her.

06:48One said,

06:49so glad you can reclaim your space,

06:51not just physically,

06:52and get back to living

06:53with some clear boundaries.

06:55One another added,

06:55all that matters is that you are happy

06:57and received a decent amount of compensation.

07:00Now,

07:00onto those deceitful previous owners.

07:03What do you think about her boundary war, though?

07:05Let us know down in the comments below.

07:07And as always,

07:07thank you for watching IGV.

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