Pines do grow tall, that's nothing new. Looking on street view the radar looks low for the area:
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.9879645,-78.4298804,3a,75y,350.61h,85.15t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sT_-p6gHiuaeuVcfisTzczg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
I'm not an expert on lumber, but I understand the prices are very high right now, maybe even for pine. That might be an incentive for the landowner to cut the trees.