Canyon defacer leaves clue
azdailysun.com
A Canadian man has been federally charged with spray painting a word on a geologic formation at Grand Canyon National Park: his own name.
According to a complaint filed by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Flagstaff, visitors to the South Rim called park rangers Monday afternoon to report a person spray painting a word on Duck on a Rock between Grandview and Yaqui Points just off East Rim Drive.
The responding ranger reported seeing the word "Luci" in bright red spray paint. The tour leader for National Geographic Tours pointed out a person who had been spray painting. The ranger made contact with the person identified by the tour leader.
"I made contact with the man and asked him where he had been," stated the officer in court documents. "He replied by pointing down at the rock where the red spray paint was visible."
The man went on to say that he had thrown the spray paint can into the Canyon.
The ranger stated that the man admitted to not only spray painting the letters onto Duck on a Rock but adding that he had intended to write his full name.
The ranger wanted to know why the man wanted to write his name on the rock.
"(The man) stated that it was so special that if he left his name, then his kids would be able to see it 20 years from now," the ranger stated in court documents.
The current estimate is that it will cost about $8,000 to remove the graffiti.
Lucien Lionel Chenier, no age listed, from Ottawa, Canada, was charged with one count of damaging United States property in excess of $1,000 and one count of littering.
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