Creepytings is the moniker of Casey Nocket, an artist who has found herself the target of an investigation by the National Park Service following the defacing of national parks lands using acrylic paints. According to a story that was first reported by a California blogger for The Modern Hiker, she not only vandalized at least 10 United Stats national parks, but in addition she documented the vandalism on her Instagram account. .
Nocket’s Instagram and Tumblr accounts have been shut down following the blogger’s discovering of pictures featuring her traveling the country and defacing the national parks. Nocket is known through the pictures she posted to have vandalized Yosemite, Death Valley, Crater Lake, Zion, Canyonlands and Rocky Mountain National Parks. There is also a possibility that she vandalized the Grand Canyon, Sequoia Kings, Joshua Tree and Bryce National Parks.
National Park Service has issued the following statement:
“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 a violation of the law and 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.”
The following images were secured from Nocket’s social media accounts before they were shut down:
Our National Parks are representations of the beauty of the United States, and are the property of all citizens to enjoy in an unspoiled and pristine state. Our tours of National Parks in the Southwest attempt to allow our patrons to participate in the beauty that the spaces hold, and encourage us to appreciate the wonder of the natural spaces of our country. We are disappointed that anyone would feel the need to deface and destroy our sacred spaces, and we certainly hope Ms. Nocket is brought to justice and punished.