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EAGLE MOUNTAIN — Residents of Utah county had some trouble with tumbleweeds this week.
The tumbleweeds were rolling in and multiplying at a rate similar to tribbles in that one episode of Star Trek — but I imagine tumbleweeds are a little less fluffy. That is probably why the camera is poking out the door, filming through a window, staying sheltered from the wind behind the house.
Residents across Utah County — namely Ben Godfrey, of Santaquin, and several homeowners in Eagle Mountain — have been taking pictures and videos this week as they try to stay sheltered and not get hit by the flying twig balls. But one of them decided to do something epic, adding music and suspense to the videos.
This short video created by Jacen Lewis shows the tumbleweeds begin to roll in from the backyard wilderness, get stopped by a backyard fence and then gradually multiply into a big problem. He calls the video "Tumbleweed Invasion," which, after watching it, seems very accurate.
I can't stop watching the tumbleweeds that just glide right over houses, pile in yards and create ramps against fences — for more tumbleweeds to scale and soar into the sky.
Because I am not very familiar with tumbleweeds, I did some research. The noxious plants, according to PBS, grow in a stationary location, but as they dry out they break off from their roots, begin to roll and spread seeds as they go.
Eventually, the wind will change course and the story will continue in another direction. Will the tumbleweeds blow further and take over all of Eagle Mountain, or will they go back into to the wilderness from whence they came?
I'm just hoping the wind doesn't pick up enough to blow them up and over the mountain toward my home.
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