James was shocked to see his son Liam crying from the attic, ruining what had seemed to be a routine day. He didn’t realize, as he hurried upstairs to comfort his scared son, that this episode would reveal a long-kept secret that had been hiding in their attic.
The story started in 2018 when the family’s arborvitae trees suffered damage from deer. James and his family spotted something strange between the trees on the east side of the yard while they were getting ready to replace the damaged ones. What they first believed to be an electric box was actually something far more confusing.
In May 2018, landscapers were sent in to remove the damaged trees and gain access to the mysterious metal box while planting bamboo trees that are resistant to deer. They were shocked to discover that the metal box was the entrance of a gigantic hornet’s nest rather than just a regular electrical outlet.
The size of the nest itself as well as the strange sounds it was making—like a car engine struggling to start—astonished James and Liam. Unlike any other nest they had seen, this one seemed to be hiding something important.
James called a hornet control specialist for assistance, and when he arrived on the site, the specialist seemed confident enough to handle the matter. But as soon as the specialist entered the attic, where the hornets had a unique hive, his attitude swiftly changed. The family was devastated when he quickly turned down the assignment.
James made several attempts to contact various pest control businesses for help, but he was always told to wait until winter for a solution. James made the decision to act independently due to the deteriorating circumstances and the intolerable noise the hornets were making inside their house.
But his choice turned out to be risky. James put on safety gear, went into the attic, and tried to take out the hornets’ nest by himself. He was besieged by angry hornets in a terrifying experience that resulted in numerous stings and agonizing suffering. His relatives discovered him comatose on the first floor after he barely made it out.
Their little son Liam took it upon himself to smoke out the hornets, determined to put an end to the problem and safeguard his family. He dressed covertly and went into the attic, where he used a smoker to temporarily suppress the hornets despite the obvious danger. But his efforts had an unanticipated consequence, and the hornets, awakening from their momentary coma, turned more vicious.
Liam had the crucial choice to flee the attic and close the window as the situation got worse, effectively putting an end to the hornets once more. But when the smoke cleared, he saw that within their nest, the hornets were protecting something more important.
James was proud of Liam for his bravery but also concerned for his son’s safety when he heard about it. But the finding within the hornet’s nest made things even more difficult and resulted in a heated argument between James and his wife, Emma.
Emma was shocked and furious not only at James for hiding the nest for so long but also at the unsettling things inside. James finally took action as a result of the heightened tension and escalating emotions. With a cloud of unanswered questions in his wake, he drove off, wrapping the unsettling object in towels.
In addition to putting the family’s bravery to the test, the hornet’s nest experience exposed a dark secret that might drastically alter their life. The family must deal with their unnerving discovery while the true nature of the object concealed in the attic remains a mystery.