Posted on 11/23/2020 12:40:56 PM PST by Ciaphas Cain
General rule of thumb for when you stumble upon something weird: Don’t touch it. Especially if it’s a big-ass metal structure of unknown (though, okay, likely human) origin. But that’s exactly what the folks on a sheep-counting expedition (truly) in a remote area of southern Utah did over the weekend. As reported by local NBC affiliate KSL TV, a helicopter crew from the Utah Department Of Public Safety was assisting Division Of Wildlife officers on a mission to count bighorn sheep last week when a biologist spotted a large metal structure on the ground and told them to circle back. Reminiscent of the monolith from Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, this metal structure is said to be about 10 to 12 feet high and looks as though it was planted—not dropped—into the ground.
“We were kind of joking around that if one of us suddenly disappears, then the rest of us make a run for it,” said pilot Bret Hutchings. “We were, like, thinking is this something NASA stuck up there or something. Are they bouncing satellites off it or something?” Hutchings also noted the similarity to 2001 and posited that the monolith could’ve been made by “some new wave artist or something.”
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I understand that there’s a gadget that can remedy that.😏
Not even gonna ask...
o.O
That’s wise of you.😁
In this case, I suspect ignorance is truly bliss.
:D
LOL that was a funny clip.
38°20’35.2 N, 109°39’58.5 W
So I watched it again.
Those guys are just plain fun.
:)
One of them should have re-enacted this.
😉
It wasn’t cold enough?
:D
/pee on it, just to see if it’s pugged in
Cool.
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