Community Update

Park Administration,

We went to the Shady Grove Campground and paid admission for 3 people. Myself, my wife and daughter. Then a few minutes later the manager drove up to where we were and in a red faced, hysterical rage accused us of lying about to him about being with group 3 and told us to leave. He wasn’t calm enough to talk to. He was shaking with rage. He demanded that we leave now. No refund!

We didn't lie about anything. We didn’t claim to be with group 3. I don’t know who group 3 is. I asked for admission for 3 people and I paid what we were asked to pay and we were admitted like nothing was wrong, then a few minutes later out of the blue this guy gets in our face like he wants to FIGHT. He said he was upset that other people took advantage of him the night before. Something about other people sneaking into the park late at night. But we didn't have anything to do with other people. We just moved into the area a month ago and don’t know anybody here. I was completely clueless to his accusations. We just went to the lake for a peaceful Sunday off but instead we get accosted by a manager who was on a rage about others who ripped him off the night before.

Please understand I had no idea what he was talking about. We weren’t sneaking in and we didn't have anything to do with other people who may have ripped him off but if he has a problem with other people please don't take it out on me or my wife in front of our 10 year old daughter. My family was scared by the event. I don’t know his name, he didn’t show any credentials or have a uniform but he went completely over the top.

By the way, I want my admission money back. It was only $2 but that’s not the point. If he confused me with somebody else or if he thought I claimed to be with group 3, its not my fault. I never said anything about group 3, I asked for admission for 3 people. I paid what I was asked to pay for then I was immediately kicked out without a refund.

He should of refunded my money. Even if he thought I was doing something wrong and decided to kick us out, he shouldn’t have kept the money. But he was very angry and this was our punishment. This was the first time I visited the Shady Grove Campground and I was not sneaking in. He wrongly accused/punished me and my family then refused to refund our admission fee.

What this man did was wrong and totally unprofessional.