‘Promposal’ teen defaces monument
A COLORADO teenager could go to jail for spraypainting a “promposal” on the Colorado National Monument.
The hopeless romantic — whose identity remains a mystery — used black spray paint to write “PROM...ISE? onto the ancient rock’s surface.
Graffiti that reads “You’re perfect to me,” and “I promise to love you forever + always” was also found in a secluded area of the monument near Grand Junction, Colo.
The vandalism (photo) is punishable by up to six years in prison and a $5,000 fine, park ranger Frank Hayde told the Daily News.
Authorities have yet to identify the architect of defacement.
“With this type of graffiti, when there are no identifying markers like initials or nicknames, we don’t have a lot to go on,” Hayde said. Still, he’s hoping for a confession and urged the crime’s perpetrator to turn himself or herself in.
“If they do come forward, we will certainly be a lot more lenient with the punishment. But if we have to keep investigating this and put time and resources into it and have to offer a reward and pay out a reward for a tip, we are not going to be more lenient,” Hayde said.
The writing was discovered near a site that contains ancient rock art, including prehistoric rock carvings, called petroglyphs, and paintings, called pictographs. Hayde said the artwork doesn’t appear damaged.