Couple spray-paints initials on rock in Colorado national forest. ‘Self-centered’
Authorities are searching for a couple who spray-painted their initials inside a heart on a rock in a Colorado national forest, officials said.
“This is really frustrating,” Clear Creek County Sheriff’s Office said in an April 14 post on Facebook. “There are many ways to express love. Spray painting a rock at beautiful St. Mary’s Glacier in the Arapaho National Forest is NOT one of them.”
A photo shows the bright red graffiti on a rock at the edge of a frozen lake.
“It’s illegal, it’s selfish, and it’s more permanent than their love likely will be,” officials said. “If you witnessed this incident or have any idea who JJ and MG are, please let us know. We’d like to remind them that national forests are for everyone to enjoy, not for two people to destroy.”
Hundreds of people weighed in with comments decrying it as “disgusting and disappointing behavior.”
“Imagine being so self-centered…gross,” someone said.
“No respect for nature,” someone else said. “Very sad.”
Others roasted the type of people who would do such a thing.
“$10 says this couple fights loud enough for (the) entire neighborhood to hear,” someone said. Over 80 people “liked” or reacted to the comment with a laughing emoji.
“This is so, so wrong and inappropriate,” another person said. “Please do not graffiti our public lands.”
The national forest is about a 50-mile drive northwest from Denver.
