The Disappearance of Boy Scout Troop 234

15 June 1962 BSA troop 234 left on a weekend long camping trip to Mount Greylock State Park in the Berkshires region of Massachusetts. This was an overnight camping event with cooking, wilderness survival and land navigation components. Scout master William Durand led the troop which included his son Thomas. The troop was supposed to report back Sunday morning 17 June but never appeared. Sheriff Jonathan Grant from the town of Adams formed a search party to scour the Park. The camp site was found with tents still set up supplies still in crates. A notebook was found with the last entry dates 16 June 1962.

“Cooking was successful. The following scouts have completed the first portion of their merit badge: Oscar, Sam, David and Tommy. None of the boys were successful in creating an enduring survival shelter and had to revert to tents although Oscar’s lasted the longest (12:30 AM). We will try again tonight. After breakfast we will begin our land navigation course up Hopper Trail to Stoney RIdge and cut over to the Appalachian trail through use of way points. Estimated time of return to cap is 1600. Need to be sure that we are back before dark just in case the lights and sounds return like they did last night. The boys don’t need to be exposed to that.”

No further entries were found in the journal. The search party combed the trails and Stony RIdge and were able to see signs that the boys passed through but the troop was never found. During the search a series of small caves were found off of the Appalachian trail with a strange finding.a comic book. Justice League special issue 1 Founding of Fort Justice. Inside the book was found Thomas Durand’s library card. When Sheriff Grant contacted DC National Comics who had no record of this comic book ever existing. The last known location of the comic book was with the Durand family.