Teen Spends Over 1,200 Hours Building a 35-Foot Wooden Fortress by Hand in His Backyard

Teen Spends Over 1,200 Hours Building a 35-Foot Wooden Fortress by Hand in His Backyard
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A teen from Michigan who devoted more than 1,200 hours to a mammoth project during the start of the pandemic proudly showcases his impressive 35-foot-long wooden fort with an underground bunker, built entirely by hand.

Seventeen-year-old Jake May of Sault Ste. Marie began in March 2020 with a triangular roof perched 2 1/2 feet off the ground, accessible by a wooden ladder. The “tree fort,” he said, took around 600 hours to complete.