Instagram artist documents her vandalism in several national parks.

[DesMoinesDem]

Instagram Artist Leaves Her Mark On Several National Parks



An Instagram artist has been visiting national parks and leaving her mark. This habit could end up in some felony charges once the Park Service catches on and finds her.
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One particular conversation on Instagram points to Nocket knowing her wrongdoing. Account owner “wordgebra” asked her if she was using paint or chalk, to which the Instagram artist admitted it was acrylic, and then finished with, “I know, I’m a bad person.”

The art that Nocket has left in her wake includes various faces painted in Yosemite National Park, Death Valley’s Telescope Peak, Crater Lake National Park, Carrizo Plain National Monument, Sequoia, Bryce, Zion, Grand Staircase-Escalante, Grand Canyon, Canyonlands, and the Rocky Mountain National Park.

http://www.inquisitr.com/1555702/instagram-artist-creepytings-national-parks/

http://www.modernhiker.com/2014/10/21/instagram-artist-defaces-national-parks/

[MineralMan]

1. Prosecute this idiotic person with individual charges for

each defacement. Impose consecutive sentences. That's my suggestion.

[Louisiana1976]

28. I agree. Lock her up and throw away the key.

[elehhhhna]

2. shitty art btw

[Blue_Tires]

8. Yeah, she has way too inflated an opinion of her talent

and she isn't too bright, either

[ellie]

3. What an asshole.

[Sheldon Cooper]

24. No.

What a fucking asshole. She is disgusting.

[Dirty Socialist]

4. "Look at Me!!!"

"I'm a fuckwad!"

[NightWatcher]

5. Sentence her to hard time, working cleaning up the parks that she has no trouble defacing.

that garbage belongs on the back of envelopes on her kitchen table, not on National Treasures.

[DeadLetterOffice]

29. This. Yes, totally.

[Liberal_in_LA]

39. agreed

[randome]

6. I wonder if she's single.

I mean, bad! Bad behavior! Now stop that!
[hr][font color="blue"][center]A ton of bricks, a ton of feathers, it's still gonna hurt.[/center][/font][hr]

[Blue_Tires]

9. Nah, leave the dumb idiot girls alone

always end up being more trouble than they're worth...

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

7. Narcissistic... Action.

Hope these kinda people just disappear.

Carving names into trees, killing them.

Leaving behind mementos of who was where on what date.
Who cares?

If they would only know it just pissqes us off. Maybe they would stop

Please don't try to add the q into it. Forget it's there. Got grandkids. That's how I get away with the bad words.

[hifiguy]

10. Narcissistic asshole.

Throw the book at her.

[Beaverhausen]

11. link to her facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/casey.nocket?fref=ts

[zappaman]

13. It's been removed.

Hope this dummy pays a super fine and is ordered to clean up parks for the next decade!

[Beaverhausen]

14. wow- it was just there

good. I hope this asshole pays for what she has done.

[jollyreaper2112]

12. ugh

It might be kind of cool if she were using chalk and it washed away after a month but this is going to be there for decades unless scrubbed off. What a narcissistic little shit.

Make her scrub every tag clean with a dry toothbrush.

[Retrograde]

15. Because, really, everything's all about me

Spoiled little narcissist. As if calling yourself an artist makes everything ok.

[longship]

16. Instagram artist goes to jail.

Hopefully.

Idiot!

[waddirum]

40. Not jail...

... but a Federal Prison.

[logosoco]

17. IF she had used chalk that could wash away, i wouldn't have a problem with this.

But a more permanent paint means that she is basically saying her expression is more important than the people who share this land and want to see a pristine natural landscape.

[Orrex]

22. That was my exact thought (nt)

[Ikonoklast]

43. The National Park Service would still have a problem with chalk.

In some national parks with climbing as one of the features, climbers are actively discouraged from using chalk to mark handholds as they may be in areas with infrequent rainfall and using chalk will deface the rock face for years.

[Dirty Socialist]

18. Defiling the parks and

Defiling the arts, too. How Neroesque of her.

[Generic Other]

19. bury your art in a timecapsule, you vandal!!

Or decorate the nearest dumpster.

[2naSalit]

20. Screw her and her trashy graffitti...

I hope she is hunted down and charged with federal offenses!! But she's white so the chances of that happening are, well...

I will forward this on to the federal agencies because as a part owner of the National Parks, I feel she has defiled my property, stupid self-absorbed %&^$&$&*!!!



BTW, thanks for posting.

ETA: calling this "art" is quite a stretch.

[NCTraveler]

21. Entitled little asshole. nt.

[tammywammy]

23. Her art is as crappy as her behavior.

I can't wait for her to get caught.

[seveneyes]

25. Treat it the same as tagging in public areas

No better, no worse.

[Lurker Deluxe]

27. Sure

And treat people who kill endangered species the same as people who hunt without a license.

NOT!

[waddirum]

41. It's much worse

Tagging in a National Park should be 10x the penalty as normal tagging.

[Fla Dem]

26. Destructive person with a very warped brain. People who know her should turn her in. nt

[Rocky888]

30. Calling her an artist is offensive to real artist

And if she is defiling Native American owned land, she is in even bigger trouble. They have strict laws on this kind of thing. Leave nothing more than your footprints is their law.

[kestrel91316]

31. I think 15 years ought to about do it.

Though I wouldn't object if she got more.

[kestrel91316]

32. I forwarded that to a NPS ecologist here in the SW that I know so

she can make sure as many people as possible in the right places know about this woman.

[DesMoinesDem]

33. National Park Service Press Release

http://home.nps.gov/news/release.htm?id=1649

For Immediate Release:
October 22, 2014
Contact(s): Jeffrey G. Olson, [email protected], 202-208-6843


Vandalism reported in 10 national parks of the West

Incidents illustrated on social media

WASHINGTON: The National Park Service is investigating reports of vandalism in at least 10 national parks in Arizona, California, Colorado, Oregon, and Utah.

While we can’t discuss details of a case under investigation, we take the issue of vandalism seriously. National parks exist to preserve and protect our nation’s natural, cultural and historic heritage for both current and future generations. Vandalism is not only a violation of the law but it also damages and sometimes destroys often irreplaceable treasures that belong to all Americans.

There are forums for artistic expression in national parks because national parks inspire artistic creativity. These images are outside that forum and outside the law.

Parks affected (awaiting confirmation): Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona; Yosemite National Park, California; Death Valley National Park, California; Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, California; Joshua Tree National Park, California; Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado; Crater Lake National Park, Oregon; Bryce National Park, Utah; Zion National Park, Utah; and Canyonlands National Park, Utah.

[stage left]

34. This twit needs to be made to clean up her mess.

Then she can rest for twenty years or so in a federal prison.

[alcibiades_mystery]

35. Love it! Good for her.

Keep on getting it in, sister!

[Codeine]

47. What exactly is positive about this? nt

[NaturalHigh]

50. Seriously?

It ranks right up there with head lice as far as I'm concerned.

[Frank Cannon]

51. Can I come over to your house?

I'd like to paint a picture of Mickey Mouse smoking a giant doobie on your front door.

[tkmorris]

52. You "love" defacing National Parks?

Go for it I say. You can share a cell with this self-obsessed nitwit.

[csziggy]

36. Petition to White House asking for maximum penalties!

We petition the obama administration to:
Press charges - Casey Nocket - fines,max community service,jail time,etc. for - http://goo.gl/hY4yQj (defacing NP & NM)

Casey Nocket has traveled around the western US vandalizing National Parks and National Monuments with her "art." She has acknowledged that she is not in the right only in regards to her use of acrylic paints, she responded to a question about her paint materials on Instagram with the comment "I know, I'm a bad person."

http://goo.gl/63QDQ2

The preceding link is to an article about her trip through the western US where she did her work. It can be seen that she vandalize these locations and in some cases climbed across protected historical works. Furthermore, it should be noted that plenty of people on within her social network seem to be of the opinion that this isn't wrong.

Please don't allow her to receive a slap. Please pursue the most serious of charges for these offenses.
Created: Oct 22, 2014
Issues: Arts and Humanities, Education, Natural Resources
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https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/press-charges-casey-nocket-finesmax-community-servicejail-timeetc-httpgooglhy4yqj-defacing-np-nm/1y8xJBGm

[Takket]

37. Buy a canvas cheapskate

[IDemo]

53. Not worthy of canvas

Microsoft Paint or an Etch-a-Sketch, maybe.

[magical thyme]

38. no-talent attention-seeking fuckwad.

throw the effing book at her.

[AngryOldDem]

42. That is asinine.

Throw the book at her.

[TransitJohn]

44. What an entitled idiot. eom

n/t

[MerryBlooms]

45. Disgusting. Prison and restitution paying for ALL damage. What a complete jerk. n/t

[GusBob]

46. Instagram artist my pale ass

OK color me old fashioned but I am starting to think that social media is getting to be a problem in modern society.

I would post more but my attention span is limited to 142 characters. Or less

[Frank Cannon]

48. Social media has turned junior high school into a 24/7 online event.

And I fucking hated junior high school.

[NaturalHigh]

49. What an idiot.

Just let nature provide the beauty for the parks. Go back to spray painting train cars or abandoned warehouses.

[Electric Monk]

54. It's nice to have a topic that most of us can agree on, or at least not be disagreeable about. nt