A Colorado woman named Taralyn Romero claims she was bullied by her community in Kittredge, Denver into giving up access to her house near Bear Creek. Her property, which boasts access to a nearby stream, a playground, and a creek, was purchased during COVID-19. She moved into the house in March 2021, and not long after, the torment began.
Taralyn Romero has since launched a GoFundMe, accusing the local government and the community of relentlessly badgering and unjustly suing her. The page has since raised a whopping $14,600 out of the $14,000 goal, with about 342 donations at the time of writing. Her page states that she is currently living a "modern-day David & Goliath tale."
Taralyn Romero vows to fight for herself, and for what's right, claims relentless harassment by the community
According to Taralyn Romero's GoFundMe, when she moved into her new home, she was under the impression that it was private property. Unbeknownst to her at the time, as it was winter, her "private backyard" was the go-to "daycare and waterpark," with over 50 people visiting each day in summer.
As reported by Fox News, at one point after having moved in, Taralyn Romero decided to put an end to the trespassing by tying up a rope and an appropriate sign. However, as seen in several videos she has filmed over the years, people can be seen barging in on her property anyway. Allegedly, people even began colluding on Facebook and Nextdoor groups about ways to "openly trespass" on her property.
She claims she had "no way of knowing what she didn't know," as she was not from the area. She also contends that the house came with a “land improvement certificate” which confirmed that her purchase was private property and a survey she did established her ownership over the same. She also claimed to have been paying property taxes for it, like those before her for about a century.
"When I tried to exercise my property rights I was harassed and made to be a villain by the community I was so excited to join. My small town demanded the government take action to take my land and I was soon sued by all three of my Jefferson County Commissioners in an unprecedented move against a civilian to: • Take my land via adverse possession (squatters rights, basically); • Take my land via accretion (argument that the creek moved over time and now my land is their land); and • Take my land for Public use via Prescriptive Easement (I continue to own the land & pay taxes but have to allow the Public into my backyard)."
Her page claims that the government made the move in the hopes that she would not have the financial backing or courage to fight back for what's "hers." She also claims that there are similar parks, with access to creeks, just beside her property, and that should they wish to do so, the government can work on the "un-utilized county land" just next to hers, "that they could open up immediately and at no cost to taxpayers."
However, Taralyn Romero pledges to fight for "what's right," but she penned that she cannot afford to pay for all three lawyers without the help of online strangers.
"At the request of so many of my generous TikTok followers I am setting up this GoFundMe so that others who take concern with my plight can help an underdog like me fight big government for my right to property."
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In August 2022, Taralyn Romero resorted to TikTok to get her side of the story out. She donned her alter ego as the Wicked Witch of the West, and in one of her first videos, she can be seen in raven hair, rouge lipstick, and a black witch hat. The video went viral quickly, garnering over 4.5 million views and earning her over 150,000 followers.
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