COURTESY DLNR
After a rock-throwing incident earlier this month at Lake Waiau, the state Department of Land and Natural Resources reminded the public that the lake is a sacred site.
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Talk about people being naughty when Santa’s looking the other way. The state Department of Land and Natural Resources reported one woman throwing rocks into Lake Waiau atop Mauna Kea, a place considered sacred to Hawaiians.
Maybe that’s a one-off. But there’s also DLNR’s warning against burning Christmas trees at the Kaneohe Bay sandbar, another sacred spot called Ahu O Laka.
Apparently hauling trees to the sandbar by boat and burning them is a thing. So is reporting incidents: 808-643-3567.