Unusual wild animal or wild animal event in your campground?

[ButchW1]

Years ago, we were camping, fishing and water skying by Mammoth Pool Reservoir on the San Joaquin River (CA) (Before the fire that destroyed that area) Our friends that were staying in a tent, came back to the campground to find their watermelon with a hole in one end and hollowed out... They went into their tent to find a hole in the back, and their food trashed... My buddy said to me it's bad enough they eat my watermelon, but the little bastids got my Oreos too...
Butch

 

[Larry N.]

Many years ago I had a Boy Scout troop at summer camp in southern Ohio, and we'd warned the kids about having snacks in their tent vs wild animals such as skunks, squirrels, etc.

So one night not too long after the kids sacked out, I heard one youngster sounding a bit scared as he yelled for me, "There's a skunk in my tent!"

When I got to his tent there was a skunk on his chest licking the candy off of him, along with a wrapper or two partly open. The kid wasn't hurt, but sure learned why we had told them no snacks in tents. Thankfully, the skunk didn't let off his "steam." BTW, there were several other skunks roaming the campground near us.

 

[UTTransplant]

My daughter was on a Girl Scout camp activity trip, can’t remember whether it was biking or canoeing or hiking, but they were camping out multiple nights. The last night someone left the food tubs out instead of putting them in the vehicle. Raccoons had a field day! Nothing edible for humans was left, and the kids and counselors slept through the whole thing. It took over an hour to clean up the mess. They had to stop at McDonald’s for breakfast.