Leave these rocks EXACTLY where you found them for good reason, but not because they carry a curse. Petrified Forest’s ‘conscience’ rocks returned to park They are called “conscience” rocks and there are piles of them in northern Arizona’s Petrified Forest National Park. Unlike the “pet rock” craze of past years, these rocks aren’t keepers. The Arizona Daily Sun reports that some of the rocks were mailed back by people citing curses. Some were seized during inspections. The rocks once had been wood, part of a large forest that existed 200 million years ago. Time and sediment had slowly turned the wood to stone quartz, preserving tree rings and bark so the modern world could marvel at the beauty. Matthew Smith, museum technician at the park, says that the museum’s collection of letters sent with conscience rocks has about 1,200 pages written between the 1930s and now. Packages dropped off at the fee collection booths at the park sometimes come with letters, but not always. He gets three to six new letters a month. The same myth occurs for rocks in Hawaii. It is said that the goddess Pele considers rocks her children and she gets peeved if you pick [...]
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