(Editor’s note: The following is reprinted from the December 2015 issue of “The Box” magazine. It features former Florien resident Jessica Benevage Anderson) In the summer of 2013, Jessica Anderson was on a vacation in the Smoky Mountains and wanted to see a natural waterfall. But when her group did find one, the 1 1/3 mile hike was too much for the 365-pound Anderson to physically handle and she had to stay back.

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