# Vandals topple "Duckbill" rock **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 6, 2016, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vandals-topple-duckbill-rock/765206 "2016-09-06T07:06:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vandals-topple-duckbill-rock/765206/1 "2016-09-06T07:06:52Z")
[Read this story if you were starting to feel more optimistic about the human race.](http://petapixel.com/2016/09/05/vandals-destroy-iconic-duckbill-rock-oregon-photographers-mourn/) If there was such thing as karma, the sandstone pedestal would’ve fallen over and crushed at least one of those morons. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vandals-topple-duckbill-rock/765206/2 "2016-09-06T07:17:44Z")
Reminds me of [the Boy Scout leaders who “‘modified’ goblin Valley” a few years back to, ya know, save lives](https://youtu.be/AYFD18BwmJ4). ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vandals-topple-duckbill-rock/765206/3 "2016-09-06T18:23:26Z")
> **[Authorities Searching for Group Apparently Caught on Video Toppling Iconic...](https://abcnews.go.com/US/authorities-searching-group-apparently-caught-video-toppling-iconic/story?id=41891698)** > > The natural feature was made from sandstone in the area that's been there for over 18 million years, according to a Oregon Parks and Recreation official. No respect. I know it’s just an eroded rock, and nature was going to topple the thing eventually, but still, fuck these guys. It was initially thought the rock formation had fallen on its own when it was found toppled over last week, but then video emerged of a group of fuckwits pushing it over. I’m not sure what the true appropriate punishment should be, but whatever they get will surely fall well short of it. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vandals-topple-duckbill-rock/765206/4 "2016-09-06T18:29:18Z")
I think they should have to take turns standing their holding it in place for as long as it would have taken to naturally erode. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vandals-topple-duckbill-rock/765206/5 "2016-09-06T18:31:12Z")
already got a pit thread on it: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=803850](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=803850) ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vandals-topple-duckbill-rock/765206/6 "2016-09-06T18:55:56Z")
And the [drunken idiots who went splashing around in Devils Hole](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=793220). Bunch of savages in this country. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vandals-topple-duckbill-rock/765206/7 "2016-09-06T19:00:34Z")
let me guess- white males, about 16-23 years old. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vandals-topple-duckbill-rock/765206/8 "2016-09-06T19:03:27Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > let me guess- white males, about 16-23 years old. Stop with the racial profiling! ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vandals-topple-duckbill-rock/765206/9 "2016-09-06T19:03:30Z")
Err… who gives a fuck, exactly ? Yes, yes, dumb fucks doing dumb fuck things. Still, on my scale of blood pressure raising dumb fuckery, this doesn’t even register. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vandals-topple-duckbill-rock/765206/10 "2016-09-06T19:19:49Z")
You’re right. Why the fuck should anyone care? Let’s start filling in the Grand Canyon with kitty litter immediately. Let’s have monster truck rallies at Monument Valley. Let’s turn Yellowstone into the world’s biggest waterpark! ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vandals-topple-duckbill-rock/765206/11 "2016-09-06T19:26:08Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Err… who gives a fuck, exactly ? Yes, yes, dumb fucks doing dumb fuck things. Still, on my scale of blood pressure raising dumb fuckery, this doesn’t even register. Just because you don’t mind living in someone else’s personal shithole doesn’t mean that I want to. When you have company over, do you not care if they break your furniture? Do you not care if they leave beer cans strewn both inside and outside your house? Do you not care if someone decides that your mailbox would look better laying flat across your lawn? Doesn’t raise my blood pressure at all, just makes me wish we lived with better house guests. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vandals-topple-duckbill-rock/765206/12 "2016-09-06T19:27:35Z")
I was initially annoyed with these people, who should have known better. The excuse one gave to the person who recorded them was “it’s dangerous”. But then I considered this: on the local news the previous night, there was a puff piece about that very rock, and that how, even though it is located beyond the fence line, and that people have fallen from that bluff, people still will pose on the rock and it’s very dangerous and be afraid and blahblahblah. So now I’m wondering if these idiots were acting out in response to that news story and saving us all from ourselves. Seems like a reasonable defense to any charges brought. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vandals-topple-duckbill-rock/765206/13 "2016-09-06T19:29:40Z")
There’s an earlier thread on the topic by **DCnC**. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vandals-topple-duckbill-rock/765206/14 "2016-09-06T19:34:56Z")
Seems to me that’s the whole point of having a fence. If people climb over the fence at the lion enclosure at the zoo, do we blame the lions for mauling them? ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vandals-topple-duckbill-rock/765206/15 "2016-09-06T19:39:00Z")
Actually **NDP** beat me by about 12 hours. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vandals-topple-duckbill-rock/765206/16 "2016-09-06T19:41:06Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > There’s an earlier thread on the topic by **DCnC**. But is it a Pit thread? This thread is for pitting the asshats who destroyed Duckbill Rock. [And I see that it is. Maybe the mods can combine our threads.] ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vandals-topple-duckbill-rock/765206/17 "2016-09-06T19:48:31Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Seems to me that’s the whole point of having a fence. If people climb over the fence at the lion enclosure at the zoo, do we blame the lions for mauling them? Ask Harambe. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vandals-topple-duckbill-rock/765206/18 "2016-09-06T19:58:26Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > You’re right. Why the fuck should anyone care? Let’s start filling in the Grand Canyon with kitty litter immediately. Let’s fill in les Gorges du Verdon with kitty litter. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vandals-topple-duckbill-rock/765206/19 "2016-09-06T19:58:50Z")
Nobody was proposing before that incident that Harambe be shot _just in case_ someone fell into the enclosure. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vandals-topple-duckbill-rock/765206/20 "2016-09-06T20:14:10Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > So now I’m wondering if these idiots were acting out in response to that news story and saving us all from ourselves. Seems like a reasonable defense to any charges brought. Nah, nothing reasonable about self-appointed safety vigilantes. Even assuming their intentions were pure, which I’m kinda suspicious about anyway. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vandals-topple-duckbill-rock/765206.md?page=2)