Photo Gallery: Trash, altars and offerings found on the Gabrielino Trail and the Arroyo Seco north of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in the Angeles National Forest
Nine-year old Talulah Shadrick of Altadena pauses to look at what seems to be an altar with offerings and lit candles about two miles into the Gabrielino Trail, next to the Arroyo Seco in the Angeles National Forest north of Altadena, on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
What seems to be an altar with offerings and lit candles was located about two miles into the Gabrielino Trail, next to the Arroyo Seco in the Angeles National Forest north of Altadena, on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
A closed container was located next to what seems to be an altar with offerings and lit candles about two miles into the Gabrielino Trail, next to the Arroyo Seco in the Angeles National Forest north of Altadena, on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Nine-year old Talulah Shadrick of Altadena explores the creek near the location were there seems to be an altar with offerings and lit candles about two miles into the Gabrielino Trail, next to the Arroyo Seco in the Angeles National Forest north of Altadena, on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Eggs were found in the creek near what seems to be an altar with offerings and lit candles about two miles into the Gabrielino Trail, next to the Arroyo Seco in the Angeles National Forest north of Altadena, on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017. Broken egg shells were also found on the edge of the creek where eggs had been smashed against large rocks.
(Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Gerard Shadrick of Altadena explores an area where what seems to be an altar with offerings and lit candles were found about two miles into the Gabrielino Trail, next to the Arroyo Seco in the Angeles National Forest north of Altadena, on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017. Shadrick worries that the water in the creek where children play is being contaminated by people. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Two women walk on the trail near what seems to be an altar with offerings and lit candles about two miles into the Gabrielino Trail, next to the Arroyo Seco in the Angeles National Forest north of Altadena, on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
An unusual sight of a live Guinea pig feeding on the grass and small green shoots was found near what seems to be an altar with offerings and lit candles about two miles into the Gabrielino Trail, next to the Arroyo Seco in the Angeles National Forest north of Altadena, on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Detail of what seems to be an altar with offerings and lit candles about two miles into the Gabrielino Trail, next to the Arroyo Seco in the Angeles National Forest north of Altadena, on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)