Mystifying monolith found amid Utah rocks

NY Post ^ | 23 Nov, 2020 | Jesse O’Neill

[MtnClimber]

2020: Another Oddity.

Wildlife officials in Utah were in a remote area counting sheep from a helicopter when they discovered a shiny metal monolith that looks straight out of a Stanley Kubrick film.

It is estimated to be about 10 to 12 feet high, and its glistening surface is in sharp contrast to the large red rocks that surround it.

Wednesday’s discovery appears to have been firmly planted in the soil, and not dropped from above.

On Instagram, Utah’s highway patrol shared a picture of the bizarre finding with a caption reading: “Counting big horn sheep with DWR this week. During the counts we came across this, in the middle of nowhere, buried deep in the rock. Inquiring minds want to know, what the heck is it?

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[blueunicorn6]

It’s a one way ticket to a nursing home for old hippies who dropped acid.

[Kommodor]

If that’s real metal, it’s a mighty expensive prank.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

LOL! Love those guys.

[doorgunner69]

Uh, that is arid desert, almost to splant life. Dust I could see, if they looked at the top.

[DownInFlames]

Yes, and researched by top men.

[Vermont Lt]

For it to be a hoax it would be suggested that it “is something.”

It looks like something an art student would do.

But setting it in that kind of earth is tough.

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[blueunicorn6]

Looks like my cousins at the family reunion trying to figure out how to get the beer out of the keg.

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[blueunicorn6]

Spanking the monkey.

Looks like a Democrat debate.

[doorgunner69]

Anyone found the Google earth location yet?

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[NFHale]

Oh no... the dreaded “ Bofangulator Panel of Tor”...
I don’t know what it does, but I know it’s dreaded... because they call it “the dreaded Bofangulator Panel”... and it came from Tor... which is in North Philly somewhere, I think...

[blueunicorn6]

“Do the rocks look different from up there, Carl?”

“Nope.”

[Flick Lives]

Whatever it is, either the ground it’s on isn’t level or the monolith is slightly out of plumb.

[cheezburger]

If they’re trying to ape 2001, they should have read the book first.

All monoliths are supposed to be 1x4x9 (first three numbers squared).

[blueunicorn6]

The crack team from the Utah Department of Looking at Weird Stuff tries moonwalking to see if that elicits a response.

[rlmorel]

Hahahaha...a “Plank from Frank”!

[M Kehoe]

Two guesses. Either someone was surveying to build a bridge, or there is a colony of angry primates near by.

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