In the article “Boy Scout Leaders Topple Ancient Rock Formation In Utah’s Goblin Valley State Park (VIDEO)” three boy scout leaders are seen destroying a rock formation known as “goblins”. The three men thought of the destruction of the “goblin” was a danger to the people who wander near them as they are unstable and loose in their opinion. The goblins in Utah’s Goblin Valley State Park are extremely old dating back to the Jurassic period. The scouts decision to knock over the goblin formation anger authorities and fellow scouts due to the fact that they have been working to conserve these formations. Authorities were serious when they said they were considering pressing charges as they considered it to be an act of vandalism. For years the boy scouts of America have been the nation’s leader in conservancy. My thoughts on this article bring up the question of whether it is the safety of the people or the conservancy of a 200 million year old rock formation. Glenn Taylor the man seen in the video pushing the rock spoke on it saying he saw it as a civil service claim that the rock was very loose moving when he touched it. I think there could’ve been a better solution to their problem such as speaking to authorities about placing regulations signs.
