Pictograph Vandal Tries to Clean Panel, Makes it Worse
Salt Lake City,UT,USA
Aug. 9, 2004
Whoever vandalized one of Utah's most priceless
rock art sites apparently went back to fix it, but only made it worse.
Last week, vandals scrawled "I love you, Wendy" in chalk on the
top of the Buckhorn Pictograph Panel in the San Rafael Swell.
Nearby, "Sherrie" is written in charcoal.
Emery County authorities offered a one-thousand dollar reward for
information leading to suspects.
Authorities say since then, someone tried to erase the graffiti, but the
scrubbing made a bigger mess, damaging some of the site's natural varnish.
An archaeologist and art restoration expert flew in Friday and finished
most of the cleanup.