 One of the nation's most photographed landmarks was recently vandalized, raising the question about overall security of the iconic statues. Early Wednesday morning, Bemidji Park staff discovered that the word genocide was painted on the side of Babe the Blue Ox. City staff quickly responded and in the bitter cold temperatures covered the graffiti with a blue base and later with a matching coat of paint. This is not the first time the statues have been tagged, but it has raised some concern. A webcam streams live video of the iconic duo, but it does not record, meaning some upgrades in park security could be on the horizon. Originally it was probably set up just as a kind of a fun park, get a view of Palm Bay, be able to check out the lakefront. So it may be used at some point here as security. That may be something that we're going to have to look into a little bit more of whether we should have some additional security measures in some of our parks.