MOAB — National Park Service officials say they’re investigating a land vandalism case at Arches National Park, after photos of graffiti on some of the park’s iconic sandstone formations emerged online last week.

Park Service officials said the vandalism occurred near Landscape Arch in the Devils Garden area of the park. The agency declined to offer any other details about the case, but Allyson Mathis, a former Park Service employee, told Outside magazine that she came across graffiti while visiting the area on Wednesday.

A person or group used spray paint to deface a few different rock formations with symbols, handprints and acronyms.

“It was everywhere,” she told the outlet on Friday. “It was heartbreaking and upsetting, but unfortunately not surprising.”

She also reported photos

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