and threaten to kill them on being asked to leave

A family has been left terrified after a homeless encampment sprang up in the back yard of their $800,000 historic home.

Robin Bach and her husband have had to contend with death threats from vagrants living in woods they own just behind their stunning 19th Century Walker House in Concord, New Hampshire.

And those threats are far from empty, with the Bachs - who have two children aged eight and 11 - hearing gunshots erupting from the backyard encampment.

'I can't even use my backyard. My kids can't go out there,' Bach told the Concord Monitor, explaining that they play out in front on the sidewalk. 'I would like my children to be independent and feel comfortable going outside and playing and they won't.'

The couple bought the gorgeous home in 2018 and treated their sons to a backyard swing set in 2020. But its proximity to the nearby violent vagrant population who refuse to leave has left the children too frightened to touch it.