Mike Tyson Does Chile

Okay, not Mike Tyson himself, but apparently his cousin from Finland had a run-in with the police in Chile.
According to the news story, Marko Kulju wanted to take home a souvenir from Easter Island. He decided that the statues were also tourist shops a la the Berlin Wall or Eckert’s where you can just help yourself to a bit of a keepsake.
Here’s a hint, Mark-o. Keep your hands off the Moai. Just because you want a head like the heads you see on Easter Island, doesn’t mean you can play Peter in the Garden of Gethsemane and hack off an ear. I think you owe more than $17,000 and an apology and deserve more than three years’ banishment from the island.
He states that his attempted theft was, “the worst mistake of my life.” No, you’ll probably be stupid enough to have a worse one; here’s your sign. I guess they shouldn’t complain about American tourists.