The mysterious monolith in the Utah desert disappeared Friday night, November 27. And as it turns out, there were witnesses to its removal. Photographer Ross Bernards and several friends were at the site when four unidentified men arrived, pushed over and disassembled the monolith, and hauled the pieces away in a wheelbarrow. As the men left, one of them said, “Leave no trace.”
Bernards and his friends did not intervene and stayed the night. Describing what they saw the next morning, Bernards wrote on Instagram:
We saw at least 70 different cars (and a plane) in and out. Cars parking everywhere in the delicate desert landscape. Nobody following a path or each other. We could literally see people trying to approach it from every direction to try and reach it, permanently altering the untouched landscape.
So it seems appropriate to say “good riddance.” But the story does not end here. We still don’t know who erected the monolith. And equally intriguing, a very similar monolith has been found in Romania.
Utah adventure guide Sylvan Christensen and friends removed the monolith and later posted a brief video of their activity:
Thursday, Dec. 3: I can’t keep up with the monolith(s) story. The one that appeared in Romania shortly after the Utah monolith was discovered has also disappeared. But now there’s a new one in California.
The Dlive video from California has been taken down, but it was recounted in a local California newspaper.
One can’t help wondering now where the next monolith will appear, and how long it will remain standing.
I have witnesses who will testify that I was in Nevada at that time.
Family members don’t count …
Darn …
No doubt, this is connected to the crop circles! i’m sure of it!
The local authorities finally decided to investigate this, so you might want to call their tip line. Can’t withhold valuable information!
hmmmm….
All very interesting, isn’t it
Thank goodness it’s gone. Humans are so good at messing things up… especially in the age of social media. Poor Romania.
Maybe folks in Romania have more respect for the environment … ?? I hope so.
Well spotted there has been so much online curiosity over the monolith. Glad the reality of it has come out. Shame they have nothing better to do really.
We still don’t know who built the monolith and I’m really curious about that. I’m just sorry all the visitors were so inconsiderate of the land that the attraction had to be removed. Kudos to the guys who realized what was happening and removed the structure before things got any worse.
why on earth would anyone want this removed??? it is Art. continue…
Nothing wrong with the monolith itself. It was the behavior of visitors that made its removal a virtual necessity. They were rapidly destroying the area. However, whoever installed it should have been the one to remove it.
It’s possible that the four men who removed the monolith were the ones who installed it. You’d think Ross Bernards would’ve thought to get the license plate of the vehicle they came in (or maybe he did, and is still investigating).
The men who removed it spoke fervently about the resulting damage to the surrounding land. It seems unlikely they would have installed it if they felt that way about it.
You saw the tall aluminum foil one being installed by Big Foot?
What a showoff, always trying to get attention.
Always the merry jokesters out there?
(We need anything for a laugh these days?)