Theft at campgrounds???????????

In all the years I've been camping only once can I remember anything being stolen. It was my son's handheld video game he left in his bed. It was stolen right out of the popup. I told him to put it under the seat in the truck but he knew better:-). In the end he got it back because the boy who stole it sister noticed he had it and made him return it and apologize. We keep valuables locked up in a lock box under the seats of the truck.

I've had theft at home, but not at a CG

dan-nickie wrote:

ScottG wrote:
We lock the doors but never the compartments. There's nothing in there that's worth the damage they would do wrenching it open.

X2

I also leave chairs, grill and other things outdoors most of the time.

X3. We lock our bikes to one of our wheels. Never had anything stolen in 22 years of camping. Everything very valuable is out of sight.

ScottG wrote:
We lock the doors but never the compartments. There's nothing in there that's worth the damage they would do wrenching it open.

X2

I also leave chairs, grill and other things outdoors most of the time.

There is a post on here from a few weeks ago where someone had iPads stolen from their RV at a restaurant. Said they normally lock it but must have missed it. Someone earlier in the thread noted locking at pit stops.

I've never had a problem at a campground but like others said, I take extra precautions if the campground is relatively empty so no one would be watching during the day or if I'm in an urban area where I worry about outsiders. (rare but have camped in cities a couple times).

I've considered the possibility just one time. I got stuck in a traffic jam on an expressway for a couple of hours, and when I could get off, I pulled into a CG that I hadn't scoped out on Park Reviews. There were spaces and some old TTs, but nothing with an engine. All looked like they'd never move again. Not a single human around, including in the CG office. It may have all been innocent, but I moved on down the road.

Had our rented golf cart stolen at Fort Wilderness!

6 years RV camping, Damn Raccons opened Fishing cooler and stole shrimp.

we never called the police to report. LOL

In 45 plus years we have never taken any extra precautions nor experienced any theft.

I am thinking that there well be some circumstance or locations where a location would indicate vigilance ether based on history for the location or current circumstance... We have not ever camped or encountered such circumstance.... Nor have I had any first person feedback from folks we have camped with...

Just to calibrate our experience... we are not full timers but we do travel 8 to 10 months out of the year east to west , north to south.

Our camping experiences are exclusively at sites and locations which overwhelming other RVer's doing what we are doing...

JohnnyT

We camp without thinking of somebody taking our stuff - even in California. And we camp along side of people enjoying the great outdoors - not like a trailer park.