Quote Originally Posted by Slo-go'en View Post
Those boy scouts must be very sound sleepers not to have heard or seen anything. Going through 10 packs has to make a fair amount of noise and a flashlight would also be required. And what an odd assortment of things to go missing. The kinds of things which can get misplaced pretty easily. Sorry, I just don't buy this story.

My first thought too. Poles arent in packs either.

Packs would be piled up under rain tarp, basically empty.
Water containers should have been in fire ring.