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🗓️ 3 February 2025
⏱️ 6 minutes
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0:00.0 | In the depths of an Atlanta forest, a clash between activists and authorities ends in tragedy. |
0:06.9 | But the official narrative doesn't add up. |
0:09.5 | I'm Matthew Scher, and on my new podcast, we came to the forest. |
0:13.9 | From Wondery, Campside Media, and Tenderfoot TV, we peel back the layers of secrecy surrounding a deadly confrontation that shook a community |
0:23.6 | to its core. Through exclusive recordings and never before released eyewitness accounts, |
0:29.2 | we expose the hidden truths behind a shootout that left one activist dead and countless lives |
0:35.6 | forever changed. As we dig deeper, we uncover a web of conflicting testimonies and missing evidence. |
0:43.5 | From the idealistic dreams of young environmentalists to the complex motivations of local |
0:49.1 | officials, this story challenges our understanding of justice, activism, and the lengths people will go to protect what they believe in. |
0:58.4 | What actually happened in the forest? |
1:01.6 | I'm about to play a clip from We Came to the Forest. |
1:04.8 | Follow We Came to the Forest on the Wondery app or wherever you get your podcasts. |
1:22.2 | Wondery app or wherever you get your podcasts. On a chilly evening in January, an activist named Vienna |
1:25.5 | goes on a date with her partner in Atlanta. |
1:29.7 | It's been a long, rough month for Vienna, the longest in some ways she can remember, |
1:35.9 | and she spent much of it lying low, crashing on the floor at a friend's house. |
1:41.1 | Her partner, who goes by Tortugita, that's little turtle in Spanish, has decided that it's time for her to get out of the house. |
1:48.4 | And we went to get Vietnamese and Mexican food, just got a whole buffet. |
1:55.1 | And Tortugito is like at their peak. They were just so happy. |
1:58.6 | They quit cigarettes. |
2:00.2 | They were just really doing good. |
2:02.6 | A couple hours later, |
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