Here's fodder in the form of spaghetti:
Don't hurt me.
DLB is not a friend in this experience.
In my opinion whatever is going on is metaphorically like one of those movies where when you watch the film, it causes something nefarious. DLB created the "film" - he's aware of what happens upon viewership. He's tried to warn us about it. Now there's the equivalent of a mass public viewing of this project. DLB has warned all of us. Warned many in person.
Yet, in we go with popcorn buckets in tow.
Hear me out. If these are the same suits, we know about them only what they've allowed us to see or believe.
I do not personally believe a family was living out on the property in the woods unknown. I believe that the elites are the people involved in why the redcurves were exiled to the woods. Perhaps the elites knew about and are seeking the old ones in the woods? It's quite possible that the elites attempted to politely take the land. If it were bankers, it have never in my life heard of a bank getting involved in a gunfight over the property. It's more believed by me that was not anything with a bank loan.
Just what if : the curves were exiled not by but FROM BEING the elites. A denial when an offer was originally presented. The elites likely knew where they were in the woods. They both perhaps are in pursuit of the power of the old ones. The curves likely did live, sow, harvest, and care to the land. That being said, the elites may not have had much choice but to bring the redcurves out of exile when the location was selected.