A family painted "La Piedra del Elefante", a 65 million year old rock formation located in Tamaulipas

Name, first names and city of origin. These were the data painted by a family of tourists, supposedly from the state of Nuevo León, in a rock formation Tamaulipas: the "stone of the elephant".

Located in the El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, the rock has managed to survive natural phenomena more than 65 million years. This weekend, during a tour, a group of people vandalized him.

"Family Rubio Garcia, Monterrey", they wrote in black on the song.

On your Facebook account, the Center of ecological interpretation (CIE) Tamaulipas condemned the facts, and uploaded some photographs of the painted "Elephant Stone".

"It's powerless to see this type of images in difficult places of access, which remained intact about 65 million years in a protected natural area for the human being to "mark", he writes.

He explained that to reach this point in the reserve, which has a total extension of 145,000 hectares, visitors must undertake three hours of walking.

"From the lower part of Gómez Farías to the elephant stone, about 3 and a half hours are type of vandalism It is priceless in a natural rock formation, "he denounced in his publication.

"It is powerless to see this type of images in hard-to-reach places, which have remained intact about 65 million years in a protected natural area so that the human being can "leave his mark", added the head of the CIE.

The photos on Facebook aroused the indignation of many users, who asked that The act of vandalism will be the subject of an investigation. In 24 hours, the photographs were shared more than 2,000 times.

"People sometimes do things without measuring the consequences, but that's the reason for being the CIE." So before going to heaven, there's a museum tour and we explain what can be done during a visit and recommendations, "he said. CIE has Infobae Mexico.

The Secretariat for Urban Development and the Environment (SEDUMA) of Tamaulipas He has not yet confirmed whether he would investigate the case or whether he would take legal action, although he argued that he would grant an interview to this. newspaper during this Tuesday to clarify how they would proceed.

El Cielo Biosphere Reserve

"The elephant stone" is one of the great attractions of the reserve which, on its surface, has four different ecosystems: Rainforest, Mesophilic Mountain Forest, Pine Encino Forest and scrubland or Xerofilo Desert.

Located in the ejido of San José, in the municipality of Gómez Farías, the country was declared a biosphere reserve by the United Nations in 1987.