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

[Tim Fisher]

An electric winch or a come-along and an engine (or just about any heavy
duty) hoist could get a boulder into the back of a pickup in an hour, if
that. People use that method to load large petrified wood, jasper etc. I've
seen a travois attached to the back of an ATV used, they just drove it right
into the truck bed. 

Tim Fisher
Http://OreRockOn.com 
Email nospam at orerockon.com

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Sent: Monday, November 04, 2019 3:45 PM
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Subject: [Rockhounds] 'Wizard Rock' Stolen and Returned, Prescott National
Forest, Arizona

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-disappea
rs-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-disapp
ears-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.


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