A couple in Southern Carolina inadvertently killed dozens of government protected sea turtle hatchlings during a marriage proposal gone terribly wrong.

According to The Sun News, the future groom placed 150 bags filled with candles on the beach and forgot about them after proposing. After hatching, the poor baby turtles couldn’t find their way onto the shore. Many of them died after circling the bags of light for hours or were eaten by other wildlife.

That cannot be a good omen for the marriage.