I want to believe that this news is a joke but we are far from 1st April. I know, Halloween is approaching but still. Although if proven true, it is a scary thing indeed.
The idea that the Sfinx from Bucegi Mountains will be relocated in order for the site to be used for construction purpose is hard to swallow no matter how you put it. We take one of Romania’s most iconic and popular landmarks and destroy it. For cold, impersonal houses. Not that you would be comfortable living in while a lot of persons will blame you after a deed like this. Furthermore, the Sfinx is 8 meters in height and 12 m in length, how do you even relocate it out of the mountain?
Then, here comes another question: is the whole Bucegi natural park Administration team in vacation? Weren’t they supposed to protect and preserve the natural heritage, no matter if privately owned or of the state?
My last trip to the Sfinx was in September. From Bucharest it takes you only 2.30 min. Up the mountains, at 2.216 m, there were 13 degrees C and heavy fog but that didn’t really matter as, on foot, the road up to Babele is short. From there to the Sfinx you encounter hard, unlevelled, rocky terrain. Changing weather and a natural landscape that should not be touched by human hand. Of all the places in Romania that you can build on, why would you even consider destroying something like this for a house?
I watch the trailer of the TV show Romania Te iubesc. I still think all this is a bad dream. There was heavy street protest for Roșia Montana. Online petitions. And for the Sfinx we do nothing? Or do I have to pray that all the legends about the place being haunted are true. This way I can send them a ghost or two…as a Halloween gift :).
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