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ItsjustMe

(11,251 posts)
Wed Dec 2, 2020, 05:21 PM Dec 2020

Mysterious monolith toppled by men who said 'leave no trace,' visitor says

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-12-01/visitor-monolith-toppled-by-group-who-said-leave-no-trace

New clues have surfaced in the disappearance of a gleaming monolith in Utah that seemed to melt away as mysteriously as it appeared in the red-rock desert — though it’s no longer the only place where a strange structure has come and gone.
A Colorado photographer told KSTU-TV that he saw four men come to the remote Utah site Friday night and push over the hollow, stainless steel object.

“Right after it had fallen over and made a loud thud, one of them said, ‘This is why you don’t leave trash in the desert,’” Ross Bernards told the Salt Lake City TV station.

The group broke down the structure into pieces, loaded it into a wheelbarrow and left.

“As they were loading it up and walking away, they just said, ‘Leave no trace,’” he said.

The sheriff’s office in San Juan County has said it’s not planning an investigation into the disappearance of the monolith, which had been placed without permission on public land. But authorities also said they would accept tips from any of the hundreds of visitors who trekked out to see the otherworldly gleaming object deep in the desert.
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Mysterious monolith toppled by men who said 'leave no trace,' visitor says (Original Post) ItsjustMe Dec 2020 OP
There is a movie in this story, just haven't figured it all out yet. May the force....nevermind..n/ monmouth4 Dec 2020 #1
When the name of the photographer is revealed I may believe this 42bambi Dec 2020 #2
Entitled pricks. Bok_Tukalo Dec 2020 #3
Were they little & green? Were they from SW Airlunes maybe? Budi Dec 2020 #4

42bambi

(1,753 posts)
2. When the name of the photographer is revealed I may believe this
Wed Dec 2, 2020, 05:45 PM
Dec 2020

story. Could be someone was just "steeling" a wheelbarrow. LOL.

 

Budi

(15,325 posts)
4. Were they little & green? Were they from SW Airlunes maybe?
Wed Dec 2, 2020, 06:10 PM
Dec 2020

🤔

The mystery is getting interesting.
Didn't it recently show up somewhere in Europe too?



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