Campground Theft - Chapter 2

stevenal wrote:
On two separate occasions, I had stuff taken from sites that were paid up for the following nights; from campground hosts. A cheap propane lantern that would not be needed until evening after we returned, returned with apologies upon return. Dog tie out cables, also not needed during the day outing. This time the neighbors told us who took them. When confronted, the host returned them reluctantly and without apology stating he thought we had abandoned them. Pretty good racket.

Your definition of a good racket and mine differ. Stealing a cheap lantern and a dog tie out couldn't be very profitable. It's kind of like people saying people who beg on the side of the road have a good gig. To have such low self esteem that would allow you to steal items literally worth pennies or be seen as a beggar on the side of the road for spare change isn't a "good racket" as far as I am concerned.
I doubt those camp hosts were rocket scientists. Based on what they took, they may actually believed the items were abandoned, regardless of what evidence they saw to the contrary. The world probably looks a lot different when viewed from their moccasins.