Idiotic and Craven Vandals in National Parks

[antiquedrose]

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[Chock_Full_o__N]

Sickening. To think how long it takes to grow a saguaro or to make a rock formation...I makes me crazy to know that common thugs can just waltz in there and paint over ancient petroglyphs and old pioneer signatures.

[TRIPLE8]

powderman426 wrote:

Homer wrote:
Kill them all and let God sort it out!

Wow! While I don't condone what they did, don't you think thats a little harsh??

NOPE

[mpfireman]

When rafting down the Colorado River a few years back, we were informed by our guide to see what some people had painted on the overhead rocks. Really sad.

[Tom_N]

Today's graffiti is tomorrow's petroglyphs.

[Jim_Shoe]

How about tatooing "I defaced a national treasure" on their foreheads. Lets see how long that takes to wear off.

[bmet2000]

Let them play in the waters of Yellowstone.... probably wouldn't do that but once.

[mlts22]

The graffiti appears to be gang tags, so it is probably some people from a metro area realize that national parks don't train cameras on them 24/7, so they feel like they can destroy things since they likely won't be caught.

I have a feeling that this is going to be used to get more parks and such closed to the general public. It won't stop the hoodlums because they don't care about "No Trespassing" signs.

[downtheroad]

This kind of stuff makes me crazy....and some in the media call them, "Graffiti Artists."

Artists?? Ya, right.

[BB_TX]

Everyone should report even the slightest incindent of this sort. If you see such an event, get a license plate number, take a picture, or whatever else can be used and contact local authorities, park officials, etc. The only way to stop it, or at least slow it down, is for those idiots to know someone may be watching. The officials can't be everywhere all the time, there are so few of them and such a vast country. So it is up to us to help as much as possible to protect what we all treasure.

[powderman426]

Homer wrote:
Kill them all and let God sort it out!

Wow! While I don't condone what they did, don't you think thats a little harsh??

[Homer1]

Kill them all and let God sort it out!

[rk911]

caberto wrote:
Stupid punks need to be held down and branded, then a picture of that sent out to their facebook accounts as a warning to their friends. 🙂

a very hearty X2 to that!

[Wet_Coast]

too bad idiots have to prove something to themselves.

We have had to close caves during off hours at Horne Lake Caves up here on the Island as well. Vandalism by the 6 pack crowd we call it.

[amandasgramma]

I saw this in the paper this morning. Saddens me. We've had to close caves here in central Oregon because of vandalism....... stupid punks.

[fla-gypsy]

Nothing is sacred to the unholy