James’s day became less dull when he noticed Liam crying in the attic. He was unaware that a long-kept secret in their home was going to be exposed as he raced to comfort his scared kid.

The story began in 2018 when the family’s arborvitae trees were damaged by deer. As they prepared to replace them, they saw something odd between the trees on the east side of the yard. It was far more complicated than what was first believed to be an electricity box.

In May 2018, when landscapers came to remove the damaged trees, they discovered that the metal box was not just any ordinary fixture—rather, it was the entrance to a massive colony of hornets. James and Liam were shocked by the size of the nest and its peculiar sounds, which sounded like a struggling car engine, and they deduced that something significant was kept inside.