Along the boardwalk there is a spot of char where a bench used to be. The burned area is very obviously contained, and leads me and others I was with to regard it as arson and vandalism. However, I think the most unfortunate thing about it all was how I wasn’t all that surprised or taken aback. There were carvings in the trees and in some areas trash was left behind to fester and pollute the land. On a more legal side of things, there was a boardwalk beneath our feet. While I can see the importance of the boardwalk for safety reasons, it still cut a circular scar in the forest that is Johnson’s Woods. Man has claimed nature for his own, so it’s no surprise that some may want to burn what others consider to be precious. It makes me wonder what form of self gratification the arsonist acquired from his burning. After all, they wouldn’t be the only one burning parts of the world, unfortunately the fires we are currently in are not contained.