Tourist arrested, attacked by locals after scaling world-famous sacred Mayan temple, video shows

A tourist in Mexico is facing charges after he climbed stairs of one of the New Seven Wonders of the World before furious locals took justice into their own hands by beating the man.

Bystander footage shows the individual – who authorities have yet to name – scaling the side of the Temple of Kukulcan in Chichén Itzá in Yucatan last week.

The man was one of two separate visitors filmed climbing the pyramid on Thursday, as approximately 9,000 tourists flocked to the temple – referred to as El Castillo – to observe the spring equinox, according to local outlet Mexico News Daily.

The incident comes as thousands of tourists flock to the Chichén Itzá to witness an event known as the Descent of the Feathered Serpent, a natural phenomenon where the sunlight casts a serpent-shaped shadow along the pyramid’s stairs, during the spring equinox.

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Tourist arrested, attacked by locals after scaling world-famous sacred Mayan temple, video shows

Video shows a tourist scaling the steps of Mexico's Temple of Kukulcan as thousands of visitors flocked to the site to witness the spring equinox last week.

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[1LoverofGod]

Creepy

 

[RonJohnSilver]

As noted in many of the articles comments, those stairs were climbable until they closed it off. My wife and I had our honeymoon there, well, Cancun nearby, in 1980 and many people were climbing it or part of it. It's harder to come down than go up. You could go through the interior of it as well but it was hot, humid, crowded and not really much to see inside. The whole complex, though, was interesting. That was in 1980. No way I'd go there today.

 

[Baby Yoda]

As noted in many of the articles comments, those stairs were climbable until they closed it off.

When we were there I was amazed that we could touch and climb on absolutely everything -- I remember saying if these ruins were in the US they'd be roped off. This was probably 20 years ago. Agree with Ron, would not go to Mexico again ever. But glad we got there when we did.