Two Utah Boy Scout leaders, Glenn Taylor and Dave Hall,  have been kicked out of the Boy Scouts of America for knocking down an ancient rock formation in a state park, The Associated Press reports. The incident took place on October 11 at Utah’s Goblin Valley State Park. A video (see below) of Taylor pushing over the massive rock went viral online.

“After reviewing this matter with the local chartered organization, these men have been removed from their leadership positions and are no longer members of the BSA,” Boy Scouts of America said in a statement.

Taylor sang “Wiggle It, Just a Little Bit” as he destroyed a sculpture from where it sat for millions of years, CNN notes.

CNN also reports that Glenn filed a personal injury lawsuit several weeks before the incident, claiming he deals with “serious, permanent and debilitating injuries” from a car crash he was involved in several years ago.

The video and the media attention that has follow convinced the defendant in Taylor’s lawsuit to sound off on the incident.

“Someone with a bad back who’s disabled, who can’t enjoy life, to me, doesn’t step up and push a rock that big off the base,” Alan MacDonald, the defendant in the lawsuit, told Salt Lake City’s KTVX.

The AP reports that Utah officials are considering whether to charge those involved for purposely pushing over the ancient rock formation.

“This is about saving lives,” Hall, who filmed the incident, told The AP last week. “One rock at a time.”

“We have now modified Goblin Valley, a new Goblin Valley exists,” Hall can be heard saying at the end of the video. “That’s crazy that it was held up just by that little bit of dirt. Some little kid was about ready to walk down here and die and Glenn saved his life by getting the boulder out of the way. So it’s all about saving lives here at Goblin Valley. Saving lives. That’s what we’re all about.”

According to Utah’s Department of Natural Resources, cowboys looking for cattle first found Goblin Valley. Then in the late 1920s, Arthur Chaffin, owner of the Hite ferry, and several friends stumbled upon a spot approximately a mile west of Goblin Valley and were stunned by five buttes and a valley of weirdly-shaped rock formations encircled by a wall of eroded cliffs.

Utah’s DNR goes on to note that Goblin Valley State Park is an amazing monument to geologic history. Due to the uneven hardness of sandstone, some patches resist erosion a lot better than others. The softer material is taken away by wind and water, resulting in thousands of geologic goblins.

What do you think of the BSA’s decision? Was the decision to push over an ancient rock formation based on a safety concern or something else entirely? Start a conversation by sharing your thoughts in the comments section.