ALLEN PARISH, La. (KPLC) - An abandoned camp along the Ouiska Chitto Creek is dangerously close to collapsing into the waterway.

The camp has a nearby property owner, Taylor Alexander, concerned about possible effects on area wildlife and people who swim in the creek.

“In years past, it hasn’t been such an urgent matter, but now that the camp has collapsed, this is urgent,” Alexander said.

Alexander has been monitoring this abandoned camp from her property on the other side of the Ouiska Chitto bank for the last five years. She said that in July, the erosion caused the abandoned camp to collapse, and now it could soon be a hazard to the waterway.

“Knowing that it was going to fall in, I started taking pictures of it. A few years ago and I just kept hoping, as we were seeing other peopl

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