Chapter
Letters to Mother Nature
32:52 - 38:55 (06:03)
People are sending letters and items to national parks believing that Mother Nature will take care of it. However, parks spend time and money sorting through non-related, usually heartbreaking messages.
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People send letters and packages to the Hawaiian volcano goddess, Madame Pele or Queen Pele, believing that they are cursed and their bad luck will continue until they return rocks they have taken from Hawaii.
32:52 - 35:23 (02:30)
Summary
People send letters and packages to the Hawaiian volcano goddess, Madame Pele or Queen Pele, believing that they are cursed and their bad luck will continue until they return rocks they have taken from Hawaii. However, the curse is believed to have originated in the 1940s when tour guides and rangers became tired of people stealing from parks and carrying things into tour buses.
ChapterLetters to Mother Nature
Episode55: She Who Shapes the Sacred Land. Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park.
PodcastNational Park After Dark
The National Park Service has been receiving daily letters and packages, some of which contain non-park items, since the release of an episode on the native cautionary tale of Spearfinger.
35:23 - 38:55 (03:32)
Summary
The National Park Service has been receiving daily letters and packages, some of which contain non-park items, since the release of an episode on the native cautionary tale of Spearfinger. Despite some backlash citing the legend as racially offensive, it serves as a deterrent for taking things from the park.