White man from town says TAKE IT OFF.

It's not news, it's Fark

So now Arizona is Uluru?

White man rape the Red man enslave the Black man harm the Brown man

Same with stealing stones from Hawaii.

You can mail Hugh Hefner?

Who wood do such a thing?

Matthew Smith, museum technician at the park

He wears fezzes now. Fezzes are cool.

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Why does that woman have staples in her forehead?

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Why does that woman have staples in her forehead?

That's where the Easy Button goes.

I have a piece of petrified wood. It was a gift from my grandparents when I was a kid. It was acquired legally by them. That is my story and I am sticking to it.

Does the curse involve the soul of Humphrey Bogart?

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Very underrated/underappreciated movie

FTA: "Once it's removed from the original place, the damage is done," Park ranger Kip Woolford said. "There's no way to put it back where it originally came from." . . . "Poulos said visitors may pick up the petrified wood to look at it. That's fine, as long as they put the rocks back where they found them."

Slight inconsistency here? How precisely must they be replaced for them to have any significance?

The display is called "Mystery of the Conscience Wood." Sitting on a bench is a large piece of wood. Ranger Lauren Carter says a man came into the museum with it.

I... I honestly can't touch that one with a ten-foot pole. My conscience would not allow it.

Mock26: I have a piece of petrified wood. It was a gift from my grandparents when I was a kid. It was acquired legally by them. That is my story and I am sticking to it.

Used to find petrified wood in all the creeks/rivers in Lane County (Cottage Grove), OR. 1950's.

crabsno termites: FTA: "Once it's removed from the original place, the damage is done," Park ranger Kip Woolford said. "There's no way to put it back where it originally came from." . . . "Poulos said visitors may pick up the petrified wood to look at it. That's fine, as long as they put the rocks back where they found them."

Slight inconsistency here? How precisely must they be replaced for them to have any significance?

If it's got to be put back EXACTLY where it originally came from, then there's no way even to walk there without damaging the land. Hell, even the wind blowing across the sand would be damaging to whatever it is they're so desperately trying to protect. Or if a bird disturbed the rocks, or a squirrel. Obviously, the only solution is to spray the land with a thick coat of plastic so that it's never moved again.

The face of artifact theft:

Mock26: I have a piece of petrified wood. It was a gift from my grandparents when I was a kid. It was acquired legally by them. That is my story and I am sticking to it.

Same here.

Do you got a pic?

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Why does that woman have staples in her forehead?

If you hold the paper to your forehead, staple it, then pull the paper away, sometimes the staples stay in your forehead.

/Personal experience.

What's your offer??

MisterTweak: The display is called "Mystery of the Conscience Wood." Sitting on a bench is a large piece of wood. Ranger Lauren Carter says a man came into the museum with it.

I... I honestly can't touch that one with a ten-foot pole. My conscience would not allow it.

I talked with my neighbor, Mr. Wyzinski, who said he wouldn't touch it either.

Gyrfalcon: crabsno termites: FTA: "Once it's removed from the original place, the damage is done," Park ranger Kip Woolford said. "There's no way to put it back where it originally came from." . . . "Poulos said visitors may pick up the petrified wood to look at it. That's fine, as long as they put the rocks back where they found them."

Slight inconsistency here? How precisely must they be replaced for them to have any significance?

If it's got to be put back EXACTLY where it originally came from, then there's no way even to walk there without damaging the land. Hell, even the wind blowing across the sand would be damaging to whatever it is they're so desperately trying to protect. Or if a bird disturbed the rocks, or a squirrel. Obviously, the only solution is to spray the land with a thick coat of plastic so that it's never moved again.

So, sounds like bullshiat?

/Shocked! Shocked, I say!

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First think I thought of as well. Loved the Brady Bunch.

Point02GPA: MisterTweak: The display is called "Mystery of the Conscience Wood." Sitting on a bench is a large piece of wood. Ranger Lauren Carter says a man came into the museum with it.

I... I honestly can't touch that one with a ten-foot pole. My conscience would not allow it.

I talked with my neighbor, Mr. Wyzinski, who said he wouldn't touch it either.

EVIL!

Magic is well known for it's logical self-consistency, unlike the real world.

As someone who is in the process of buying 20 acres near Snowflake, AZ chock full of petrified wood, I'm getting a kick...

crabsno termites: Point02GPA: MisterTweak: The display is called "Mystery of the Conscience Wood." Sitting on a bench is a large piece of wood. Ranger Lauren Carter says a man came into the museum with it.

I... I honestly can't touch that one with a ten-foot pole. My conscience would not allow it.

I talked with my neighbor, Mr. Wyzinski, who said he wouldn't touch it either.

EVIL!

I'm not sure Mr. Wyzinski is evil, but the last time they measured him, he was almost a ten foot Pole.

They have the same "curse" in Bodie, California -- a silver mining ghost-town that's now a state park.

Point02GPA: crabsno termites: Point02GPA: MisterTweak: The display is called "Mystery of the Conscience Wood." Sitting on a bench is a large piece of wood. Ranger Lauren Carter says a man came into the museum with it.

I... I honestly can't touch that one with a ten-foot pole. My conscience would not allow it.

I talked with my neighbor, Mr. Wyzinski, who said he wouldn't touch it either.

EVIL!

I'm not sure Mr. Wyzinski is evil, but the last time they measured him, he was almost a ten foot Pole.

What was the Mel Brooks line?

SouthParkCon: As someone who is in the process of buying 20 acres near Snowflake, AZ chock full of petrified wood, I'm getting a kick...

Definitely lots of petrified wood in that area.

crabsno termites~

Was that a Brooks?

my bad if i messed it up

If you can't make people behave using rational thought and the rule of law, make up some shiat and manipulate them with religion/superstition. Historically, this has worked extremely well.

You don't have to steal that stuff from the park. We're lousy with petrified wood all over northeast AZ.

Point02GPA: crabsno termites~

Was that a Brooks?

my bad if i messed it up

Probably not - just remembered the follow up and it sounded like something he should have said.

It is a good line.

libranoelrose: Mock26: I have a piece of petrified wood. It was a gift from my grandparents when I was a kid. It was acquired legally by them. That is my story and I am sticking to it.

Same here.

Do you got a pic?

Sadly, No. It is still at my parent's house back in New York.

Anyone happen to know if there is a statute of limitations on stealing taking the petrified wood?

The reason I ask is, when my dad was being transferred from Rhode Island to San Diego, we passed through there and the Painted Desert also. Somehow, about 5 pounds of wood ended up in the back of the Rambler. This was back in 1967 though. We're good, right?

/Oh Subby, the curse works. Dad passed away last August, at 84.
//I no clue where all those rocks ended up.

Mock26: libranoelrose: Mock26: I have a piece of petrified wood. It was a gift from my grandparents when I was a kid. It was acquired legally by them. That is my story and I am sticking to it.

Same here.

Do you got a pic?

Sadly, No. It is still at my parent's house back in New York.

You left your wood at your parent's house?

/he said wood

So if you have wood from the Petrified Forest and lava rocks from Hawaii, and you're still standing, you're lucky to be alive?

Tourists have mailed back their volcanic rock souvenirs from the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii, too. When we visited there several years ago, the rangers stressed not to take any of the volcanic rock, and mentioned that some people believed there was a curse involved with taking the rocks.

/did not take any rocks

That's a shame. I was planning on visiting there to get me a piece of petrified wood. So long as I don't fly back with it i'll be fine, i'll have it mailed over. I suppose this also means if I find a dinosaur skeleton in some badlands somewhere I can't just stick it in the car and drive it home? That's terrible.

Curses? Really?

People are truly blindingly stupid.

"...a ton of petrified wood a month is stolen from the 220,000-acre park's 600,000 annual visitors."

WTF?

Give it back to them.

Drunk Astronaut: They have the same "curse" in Bodie, California -- a silver mining ghost-town that's now a state park.

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thank you! i knew i read about a place, my aged addled mind could not remember the name.

for reasons unknown i believed what i read. i think the story struck me and stuck with me because of my Dad.

the thing he really wanted to do in life was go West and pan for gold, just once. he never did.

maybe most people never do that one seemingly silly thing they want to do. maybe it's supposed to
be that way. because romanticized notions and imaginative fantasies are all so often better than the real thing. and screw that bucket list nonsense. farking americans are so easily swayed by a g-damn movie. so sad.

things are never as nice as they are pictured in the brochure. lovers turn out to be liars. good times never last. you never get the stated mileage from a set of tires. life is just that way.

you get old, you get fat, and you slowly realize it's all a put-on. the only truth in life is the coin machine that give 4 quarters for a dollar, and even then, sometimes they short you.

Sorry. Been done.

"Once it's removed from the original place, the damage is done," Park ranger Kip Woolford said. "There's no way to put it back where it originally came from."

The stones have been taken "out of their context," Woolford said. They no longer have scientific value and are placed on the piles.

Well, OK. That being the case, why the fark doesn't the park sell the now worthless-to-them rock to collectors and use the proceeds to run the park and protect the rest?

Declare your rocks when you enter a park. True story. The ranger will mark your personal import so if you're searched on the way out, you won't be charged, at least for that.