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'Cursed Rock' Mailed Back To Colorado Parks And Wildlife
A short note accompanied the 'cursed rock.' According to the sender, "bad things been happening."
ACROSS COLORADO—Will taking rocks from a Colorado state park bring you bad luck? One person definitely seems to think so.
According to Colorado Parks and Wildlife rangers, they recently received an unusual piece of mail, which included a short note and small, red rock.
In the note, the sender said they were sending the rock back in hopes of getting rid of the bad luck that's haunted them over the last few years.
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"Someone brought this home to me three years ago. Bad things been happening ever since. Sure one of you can find which park it belongs in. Thank you," the person wrote in the note.
While it's not clear which park the rock was taken from, some people have their own theories.
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"The rock is red and appears soft like a sedimentary sandstone. Likely Fountain formation, like Redrocks amphitheater in west Denver. I'm going to say it belongs to Roxborough State Park," guessed Rena Griggs, a water specialist for Colorado Parks and Wildlife.
CPW shared a photo of the note and the rock, however, covered the sender’s signature.
"The best practice when visiting any park or wilderness is to take only photographs and leave only footprints," CPW said in a tweet.
Will taking rocks from an @COParksWildlife State Park curse you with bad luck? This person thought it did and mailed it back to the SE Region office. The best practice when visiting any park or wilderness is to take only photographs and leave only footprints. pic.twitter.com/JooR7n3lQW
— CPW SE Region (@CPW_SE) July 21, 2020
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