Rocks spray-painted in Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Park rangers ask for help identifying the vandals along Laurel Falls Trail

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WDEF) – Park rangers are asking for the public’s help to solve a vandalism case near Gatlinburg.

They say someone spray-painted words and symbols on rocks along the Laurel Falls Trail in the Great Smoky Mountains Park.

They say graffiti is extremely difficult to remove and they may never be able to restore the area to its previous state.

And it is also a crime.

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from Park System

If you have any information on the vandalism, please call the Great Smoky Mountains Emergency Communications Center at (865) 436-1230.

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