In the depths of an Atlanta forest, a clash between activists and authorities ended in tragedy,

but the official narrative doesn't add up. We came to the Forest, a new investigative podcast from

Wondery, campsite media, and tenderfoot TV, peels back the layers of secrecy surrounding a deadly

confrontation that shook a community to its core.

Through exclusive recordings and never-before-released eyewitness accounts,

host Matthew Scherer exposes the hidden truths behind a nighttime shootout that left one activist dead

and countless lives forever changed. As we dig deeper, we uncover a web of conflicting testimonies,

missing evidence, and allegations of a cover-up reaching the highest levels of law enforcement.

From the idolistic dreams of young environmentalists to the complex motivation of local officials,

this story challenges our understanding of justice, activism,

and the lengths people will go to to protect what they believe in. What actually happened in the

forest? I'm about to play a clip from We Came to the Forest. Follow We Came to the Forest on the

Wondery app or wherever you get your podcasts.

Campsite Media.

On a chilly evening in January, an activist named Vienna

goes on a date with her partner in Atlanta.

It's been a long, rough month for Vienna, the longest in some ways she can remember,

and she spent much of it lying low, crashing on the floor at a friend's house.

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.

And we went to get Vietnamese and Mexican food, just got a whole buffet.

Tortugito was, like, at their peak, they were just so happy.

They quit cigarettes.

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