Camp Mystic proposes sale of Texas property amid lawsuits over deadly flood
The owners of Camp Mystic have proposed auctioning the camp’s 749-acre Texas property through bankruptcy, while expressing a preference for a buyer that preserves its historic mission. The proposal follows the deaths of 27 campers and counselors in a 2025 flood and growing legal and investigative scrutiny.
The owners of Camp Mystic have proposed selling the camp’s riverfront property through bankruptcy as lawsuits and investigations continue following a deadly 2025 flood. The century-old private Christian girls’ camp filed a Chapter 11 reorganisation plan on September 25. The plan proposes an auction of the 749 acres it owns and other assets, with the aim of finding a buyer that might preserve the camp’s historic mission.
The property lies beside the Guadalupe River and includes cabins, a recreation hall and a second campus on higher ground that was not flooded. The plan does not require a buyer to operate the site as a camp, but gives preference to a bidder willing to maintain that mission. Twenty-five campers and two counsellors died when the river surged over its banks before dawn on July 4, 2025.
Camp owner and director Richard Eastland also died. At least 136 people were killed along several miles of the river. The Eastland family had initially sought to reopen the camp this summer, but faced opposition from victims’ families and some State lawmakers.
Families have filed lawsuits and have sought to prevent demolition of damaged cabins and buildings or repairs to the site while their cases continue. A State legislative investigation found that young and inexperienced counsellors had not been trained for floods and other emergencies. It said an earlier evacuation could have saved every life.
Most of the victims were under 10, and some were attending camp for the first time. Earlier this month, State police investigators sought warrants for the owners’ electronic communications, saying the material could provide evidence of possible manslaughter, negligent homicide, child abandonment or other crimes. The bankruptcy plan must be considered by US Bankruptcy Judge Christopher M.
Lopez, and creditors, including families suing the camp, will be able to respond. An attorney for one victim’s family said they would seek a fair and transparent sale and continue pursuing accountability.
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