Even though the Boy Scouts have finally stopped discriminating based on sexual orientation, they aren’t getting everything right quite yet. Case in point: this video of Boy Scout leaders* gleefully destroying a 200 million-year-old rock formation in Utah:

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Hopefully the trio can find a different rock to hide under, because Utah State Parks officials are coming for them, according to Mercury News:

“It is not only wrong, but there will be consequences,” said [Utah State Parks] spokesman Eugene Swalberg, noting that a criminal investigation is underway by the State Parks authorities.

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“This is highly, highly inappropriate,” he said. “This is not what you do at state parks. It’s disturbing and upsetting.”

The three men — Glenn Taylor, Dylan Taylor, and Dave Hall — could be in for misdemeanors or even felonies. Something tells us they won’t be keeping their merit badges for long, either.

Update: The Utah Boy Scout council removed Glenn Taylor and Hall from their troop leader positions.