SOMEWHERE NEAR TROUTVILLE -- There's a battle raging in these Botetourt County hills.

Men in combat fatigues are sprawled behind piles of logs and in makeshift bunkers, aiming their rifles. There is a constant pop pop pop of small arms fire. Every now and then, someone screams:

"I'm hit!"

The ground turns slowly red.

And yellow. And blue.

Welcome to Cull Holler Paintball.

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