Sorry it took me so long to get back to you guys. And thanks for all the replies. This is no story, this is real, I respect this forum and I wouldn't lie to you gentlemen.
I did contact the law and I assume they checked it out. Never heard back from Captain Card.
Today, bro and I returned to the ambush site and cleared it. We had our carbines with us. Circling in from above, we sighted a lean to shack deeper in the trees and approached very carefully. It was unoccupied, just a machete inside and some garbage. I looked for holes in the ground where they had pulled up thier plants but there had been a lot of trees downed in the last two weeks. Lots of sawdust, those guys probably covering their tracks. We cut trees, spraypainted logs and rocks, then left. I expected to find more. I plan to go back there soon and investigate further, but we couldn't focus on the ground too much being too busy scanning for hidden sketchers. Apparently they were gone. It was very strange and creepy to go back to that spot. Wish I knew more....