[Rockhounds] 'Wizard Rock' Stolen and Returned, Prescott National Forest, Arizona

[Paul]

Giant 'Wizard Rock' Boulder Mysteriously Disappears
 ??And Reappears in Arizona Peter Dockrill, Science Alert,
November 4, 2019
https://www.sciencealert.com/giant-wizard-rock-boulder-mysteriously-disappears-and-reappears-in-arizona

Missing: A boulder weighing 1 ton. The park would like
it back, please. Elizabeth Wolfe and Saeed Ahmed, CNN
Updated 30th October 2019
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/wizard-rock-1-ton-stolen-trnd/index.html

Wizard Rock, a One-Ton Boulder, Disappears From
Arizona???s Prescott National Forest The thief (or thieves)
likely used heavy machinery to commit the crime
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/wizard-rock-one-ton-boulder-disappears-arizonas-prescott-national-forest-180973449

I suspect that people are stealing boulders to sell to
developers and landscaping companies to incorporate
into commercial and suburban landscape designs.

Also, I would like to know what the editor(s) thought
was used instead of heavy machinery when they wrote:
"The thief (or thieves) likely used heavy machinery to
commit the crime". Telekineses? mule team????? :-) :-)

Yours,

Paul H.