A blue Hurley ball cap, a short leather dog leash, a nearly full pack of Marlboros, a USB cord, a blue fleece jacket were the items found in and around the broken, collapsed Ozark tent. It was a nice tent, easily assembled and spacious. But it was torn and toppled as though by a strong wind.
I don't remember any winds last night. I do recall that it was a cold night and that at 12:47 a.m. a dog barked. How did I know the time? Well, I got up to investigate and looked out the rear trailer window. The flickering light of the adjacent campsite fireplace revealed a tent and movement. The dog stopped barking and I decided that it was just a late arrival setting up camp. So, I returned to bed.
This morning, I inspected the unpopulated campsite and the overturned tent. The tent was torn. The dog leash was wrapped around a tree. I called the kiosk and learned that the site had not been rented. A nearby camper told me she had seen people at the site about midnight with a big German Shepherd dog. Eventually, a ranger arrived and decided maintenance staff should remove everything.
What had happened here, I wondered. Why would anyone abandon their property. Was it their property? These and other questions will remain unanswered. Just another campground mystery.
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