Utah’s mysterious monolith has disappeared

The mysterious shiny metallic monolith that was found in Utah’s Red Rock Country over a week ago and has triggered several online Yes unplugged surveys on who or What, dun, dun, dun – put it there, let’s go. Saturday, the Utah federal office of the Bureau of Land Management Ad that the monolith had been removed by an unknown party. Is it possible that aliens took it away just to see humans go mad looking? (Just kidding … I think).

In a statement published in Facebook, the office claimed to have received credible information that an individual or group removed the structure on the night of November 27. The federal agency said it had not removed the monolith, which it said was installed illegally., and who considers it private property. Additionally, he added that he would not investigate the actors who escaped with the structure as it will not investigate crimes involving private property. That’s the job of the local sheriff, the office said.

According to New York Times, The Utah Department of Public Safety, which discovered the monolith on Nov. 18, reportedly said what we are all probably thinking in an Instagram post in response to the news: “IT’S GONE!”

“Almost as fast as it turned out, now it’s gone,” the department said, according to the Times. “I can only speculate” that the aliens got him back, he said, using the alien emoji.

This message and all messages related to the monolith appear to have been deleted from the Instagram. Perhaps the state authorities did not like the reference to foreigners. (Come on, though, since the world is all sad and gloomy, let people’s imaginations run wild.) Given the use of the ‘I’ in the post, I imagine it’s also possible that the department’s social media manager accidentally posted to the account. It is also a mystery.

From the Utah Department of Public Safety announced his discovery, which he found while inspecting the bighorn sheep in a helicopter, the monolith h as captivated the internet. The structure, which has three sides and measures between 10 and 12 feet (3 to 3.6 meters), It was planted firmly in the ground at the bottom of a cove of red rock. The ministry refused to provide the Exact location

of the monolith because it claimed the structure was in a very remote area and people attempting to visit it could be stranded and require rescue.

This decision, of course, was like an open invitation to Internet-savvy detectives. In a few days, some tracking flight paths helicopters from the Utah Department of Public Safety to gather more clues to the location of the monolith. Others have used Google Earth to find the structure, narrowing it south of Dead Horse Point State Park. and relatively close to Canyonlands National Park. Adventurers traveled to the scene and managed to find him, posting their experience on Instagram.. As we all know, if it wasn’t on the show, it didn’t happen.

To find out when the monolith was placed in the rural area, detectives looked at historical data from Google Earth images, ultimately deciding that the structure had appeared in the area between August 2015 and October 2016.

NorthOw for the other question: who put it there exactly? According to the Times, some art sources speculated that this was the work of the minimalist artist and science fiction fanatic John mccracken, died in 2011. John McCracken’s son Patrick McCracken told the outlet that he was baffled by the monolith, but that it could be his father’s job. Quote from Patrick McCracken a conversation in which he claimed his father told him he wanted to leave his artwork in remote places to be discovered later.

Patrick McCracken didn’t think his father was joking.

“It was inspired by the idea of ​​alien visitors leaving objects that looked like their work, or that looked like their work,” McCracken said. “This discovery of a monolithic piece is very much in line with his artistic vision.”

However, there is no consensus. Some at the David Zwirner Gallery, exposing McCracken’s work, say that the piece is definitely hers, although there are disagreements even within the gallery. But his friends in the art, including James Hayward and Ed Ruscha, say he’s no John McCracken.

Others, like Gizmodo, point to the region’s history of appearing in Hollywood movies and shows and argue that it’s probably a movie prop or was placed there as a joke by someone who works on a TV show or movie. Dead Horse Point State Park was used as a filming location for Westworld (2016), John Carter (2012), 127 hours (2010), Mission: Impossible 2 (2000), Air conditioning (1997), Thelma and Louise (1991) and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). Canyonlands National Park, meanwhile, was used to shoot Baraka (1992) and Koyaanisqatsi (1982), as well as many classic westerns.

In view of the work done by Internet detectives and the fact that Westworld was filmed at Dead Horse Point State Park in 2016, another plausible theory is that someone on the show was probably bored and decided to get creative with some extra metal.

Unfortunately, the origins of the monolith and its disappearance will remain a mystery for now. If the thing stayed there to visit aliens, please distract us from the apocalyptic situation we all find ourselves in. Please ignore the mess.