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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That is a trippy show.
I hope it renews and comes back.
It’s pure vibranium, stashed in preparation for the Wakanda renaissance. Utah is to be the center of the restored kingdom.
Or perhaps their indiscretion will plunge us all into an horrific world where giant baboon-lizard hybrids rule the earth and puny humans are at the bottom of the food chain.
Peach
None of us know what it’s all about.
Whatever you do, don't remove it.
LOLOL!!!
The angle that you shouldn’t touch it is ridiculous. Touching it wasn’t the key in 2001 either.
But if it were radioactive, for example, proximity would matter not touching.
I hardly think they were “chuckleheads” because they touched a metal object they found in a remote area.
(Except maybe if you think random stuff tends to be radioactive, and even then)
“This is why we can’t have nice things.”
When all else fails...
Yes, it’s a show I got sucked into as well..
Hey...there’s this really thick, weird mist forming outside right now....
I am usually standing behind my wife, and I can run faster than her.
;D
It means we are entering a new phase of evolution where everyone will be subjected to corrupt Democrats.
😳
I love shows like that.
My DVR is bogged down right now with stuff I haven’t gotten around to watching yet.
It keeps warning me that I only have 5 hours of space left.
:D
WTH *is* that?
Well, that’s all you need to be able to do.
;D
What the heck is that thing that sprang out of the water?
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