Posted on 06/25/2021 5:58:02 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A large area of the Petroglyph National Monument was damaged by visitors earlier this month.
More than 300 stacked rocks called "cairns" were recently found by park neighbors on June 17 and reported to park staff.
Officials said creating cairns can damage archaeological sites and increase damage from erosion.
“We ask that our visitors please respect these sacred landscapes and refrain from moving or stacking rocks, and practice ‘Leave No Trace’ principles when visiting the monument," Petroglyph National Monument Superintendent Nancy Hendricks said. "Moving, stacking, or making shapes out of rocks is a form of vandalism and will impact every visitor who comes after.”
Petroglyph National Monument damaged after visitors move, stack hundreds of rocks Investigators are looking for whoever made them. If anyone has information, they are asked to contact the park at (505) 899-0205.
Well, my dad’s point was, if it ain’t yours; if you didn’t work for it, leave it alone.
Exactly the story I was thinking of when I read the OP.
looks to me like in old westerns where they buried a body
The ancients used to build cairns. It’s a human thingy.
Leave nothing but footprints, take nothing but pictures.
I visited Dead Horse Point UT as a child back in 1955. There were cairns all over the place. Most were mining claims for every inch of ground outside the park.
Visited it years later, and all the cairns had disappeared.
Could be the result of a dimwitted FBI trying to create a distraction to the upcoming Arizona Election Audit results.
Correct. Some lousy assholes always screw it up for everybody.
The sides of the highways look like a garbage dump. People just don’t give a damn.
Q: What do you call someone who builds trail markers by stacking stones?
A: A cairn carpenter.
Where did you drum that up?
In the photo it looks like a city nearby.
Ancient indian village...... ?
Watched a hiking video of a couple in a state park up in the NE that had signs reading, “PLEASE DO NOT STACK ROCKS”.
The park is right up against the west side of Albuquerque.
Lot’s of morons out there. I see plastic bottles, bags of dog crap, cigarette butts, even discarded sofas when i go for walks and hikes. If i were king i’d ban the perps from nice places for life.
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