A polyamory cult has fenced off a huge portion of land in southwestern Colorado and attempted to claim it for themselves under the Homestead Act of 1862.
The Free Land Holders have fenced off about 1,400 acres of San Juan National Forest land.
The group was formerly associated with the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and other well-known figures, including imprisoned FLDS President Warren Jeffs, who called himself a prophet and is serving a life sentence in Texas for child sexual assault.
The Free Land Holders, an offshoot of the mainstream Mormon church, encourages members to engage polygamy.
‘The Forest Service don’t own the land. It’s not in their name. It’s just managed by the Forest Service. I don’t think it’s mine. It’s the Free Land Holders Committee who has the jurisdiction and the authority,’ Patrick Pipkin, a member of the Free Land Holders told The Denver Post.
A polyamory cult has fenced off a huge portion of land in southwestern Colorado and attempted to claim it for themselves under the Homestead Act of 1862 (file photo)
