Glamorous homeowner calling herself the 'Wicked Witch of the West' goes to war ... trends now
A Colorado woman is embracing the nickname of 'Wicked Witch of the West' after she battled with her small town over fencing off a beach that was next to her land and drew countless visitors.
Taralyn Romero, 43, bought a home next to Kittredge Park in the Colorado town of Kittredge.
The land was a total of .68 acres and had a creek running through her yard, a huge part of the charm for Romero.
Her family loved it but hated the dozens of people, including children, who would show up every day at the creek. The public had been using the land for decades, unaware it was privately owned.
'For a long time, the community really had the narrative of me being a wicked witch who hates kids and wants them off her property,' Romero said.
Taralyn Romero, 43, bought a home next to Kittredge Park in the Colorado town of Kittredge and banned locals from using it
The land was a total of .68 acres and had a creek running through her yard, a huge part of the charm for Romero. Her family loved it but hated the dozens of people, including children, who would show up every day at the creek
'For a long time, the community really had the narrative of me being a wicked witch who hates kids and wants them off her property,' Romero said
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She admitted she wears the moniker proudly and even uses it as her TikTok account, where she advocates for property rights.
The people she bought the property from had a quiet agreement to let whoever wanted to use the creek hang out, to the point that most assumed it was part of Kittredge Park.
The land officially belongs to Romero and her fiancé, according to surveys done on the property.
'We have 55 people with families, dogs, tents, coolers, grills, beach umbrellas, towels, six-packs. It had turned into a water park,' she said.
Romero said she was often treated cruelly on the internet and in person for protecting what was legally hers.
'When you get that kind of dissension on whose land is it and you involve children and you involve rhetoric of a screaming lady, it really was like wildfire for social media,' she told CBS News.
It got so ridiculous the haters began to commit
