A private woodland, kept quietly, shared gently.
Brown Hiking Trails is a real place. This is the story of how it came to be — and the woman who quietly walks it every morning.
Brown Hiking Trails began simply — a stretch of hardwoods, a creek, a rustic cabin, and the quiet decision to let the woods be whatever they wanted to be.
What arrived was not what anyone expected. A fawn befriended a golden retriever. A duckling followed a cat. Wild deer began waiting at the fence at the same hour every evening. Lorrie started filming — first to remember, then to share.
Today, more than 56,000 videos live in the sanctuary's archive. Each one is real. Each one is a small piece of evidence that the wild world is far kinder — and stranger — than we're often told.
"I don't think of it as filming animals. I think of it as introducing friends."
The website you're on is meant to feel the way the trails feel — slow, warm, quietly alive. Wander wherever you'd like.