Another AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!
Home from work about 10 minutes today when the wife called yelling "THERE'S A FIRE IN THE BACK OF THE CAMPGROUND"!!! Not knowing what was going on I dialed 911 and jumped on the gator and headed back.
The then fire was out by the time I got there from a bucket brigade called 911 and they cancelled but they would send police. Looking around I saw a stove lighter about 10 feet from the tent and told everyone to get back it wasn't an accident. Told them what I saw and started taking pictures. Not much damage to the contents but the tent was a loss.
Sure enough someone had seen a kid walking a dog back around the tent so I went in and checked the video tapes. A branch blocked the tent but I could see the kid walk up and spend nearly 3 minutes there then him and the dog take off to their camp. All the cameras overlap so I could watch him run back and about 2 minutes later a bunch of people headed in the tents direction.
Because there was no direct witness the kid was only questioned if he had seen anything while he was walking the dog. When the cop watched the tape he said " Damn branch" but he knew. He went back to talk to the kid and the people said he was taking a nap. The officer is going to run the plates and make a few calls. A closer look and there was at least 3 places someone tried to light the tent.
A little while later Grampa came over and wanted an apology. I laughed Sorry not going to happen and asked if he wanted to see the tape he laughed and said there aint no tape. I took the bucket truck out and trimmed the branch. Every inch is covered and I'll be out all night if needed.
The people that lost their tent were nice and we offered a cabin and their money back but everything was wet and stinky.
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!
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