Monolith in red rock country

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An article I read said it was on private property and has since been removed. If it's private property they can pretty much do what they want.
 
Read it again.. I t was not on private property......


Because the monolith is private property, the investigation into its disappearance will be continued by the sheriff’s office in San Juan County.
 
My understanding is if you leave something on public land for a certain period of time it is no longer the person who left it property. I've encountered this with Tree stand hunters who leave them up and someone else decides to use it.
 
This comes from a different group who were there when it was removed:

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Hayduke lives... repost @rossbernards If you’re interested in what exactly happened to the monolith keep reading because I was literally there. On Friday, 3 friends and myself drove the 6 hours down to the middle of nowhere in Utah and got to the “trailhead” around 7 PM after passing a sea of cars on our way in.
We passed one group as we hiked towards the mysterious monolith, while another group was there when we arrived, and they left pretty quick after we got there. For the next hour and 40 minutes we had the place to ourselves.
I had just finished taking some photos of the monolith under the moonlight and was taking a break, thinking about settings I needed to change for my last battery of drone flight when we heard some voices coming up the canyon. We were contemplating packing up our things as they walked up, so they could enjoy it for themselves like we did. At this point I looked down at my watch and it was 8:40 PM.
4 guys rounded the corner and 2 of them walked forward. They gave a couple of pushes on the monolith and one of them said “You better have got your pictures.” He then gave it a big push, and it went over, leaning to one side. He yelled back to his other friends that they didn’t need the tools. The other guy with him at the monolith then said “this is why you don’t leave trash in the desert.” Then all four of them came up and pushed it almost to the ground on one side, before they decided push it back the other when it then popped out and landed on the ground with a loud bang. They quickly broke it apart and as they were carrying to the wheelbarrow that they had brought one of them looked back at us all and said “Leave no trace.” That was at 8:48.
If you’re asking why we didn’t stop them well, they were right to take it out. We stayed the night and the next day hiked to a hill top overlooking the area where 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. Mother Nature is an artist, it’s best
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Meatwagon said:
So who left the little pyramid and stack of rocks? This looks to me like some one out for 15 minutes of fame.
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It wasn't a pyramid, rather it was just the top of the monolith. It looks like it was placed there along with the rock pile by someone who came later. The people that took the monolith probably didn't see the top when they were leaving.
 
Two more witnesses corroborate @Jackalope ’s post (the aliens left some commentary at the site as well)

www.dailywire.com

Profane Message Left After Mysterious Monolith In Utah Wilderness Disappears

After reports emerged that a monolith had mysteriously appeared in a remote area of Utah, Riccardo Marino and Sierra Van Meter decided to check it out.Hoping to take some pictures, they drove eight hours on Friday to a trail that leads to the spot, which is located south of Moab and just east of...
www.dailywire.com www.dailywire.com
 
Living in this part of the world and having this back country as my back yard, the Monolith had me going with mixed emotions.

As far as the reports of seeing the 4 guys toppling the thing down and hauling it off.....The witnesses were there to take pictures AND drone footage, but still never captured a single shot of the whole ordeal of it getting removed? Seems strange to me.

But anyways, back on topic:

Some see the monolith as a piece of art. I personally have no doubt that this was the intentions of who ever put it there. Just a piece of art put up in the middle of nowhere. With the way 2020 has been, I also have no doubt the movie, 2001, A Space Odyssey, was not of the mind of the creator of this monolith when it was placed there.

With that in mind, I can see the intentions of this and in reality, it wasn't harming anything and yes, even I thought about going to see it. It wasn't harming the beauty of this back county (like spray paint does) and was just free standing. No harm, No foul if you look at it that way.

On the other side of the vision, this country has been virtually untouched by so many humans over the centuries. And to many that live in this area, this Monolith was exactly what the "takers" called it. A piece of trash left behind by humans in the dessert. Has no more value than that soda bottle that a city slicker threw out their vehicle window as the drive out.

What that report tells is a story of an inrush of people who just wanted to see the Monolith only and probably didn't care (or didn't know) how to travel this kind of country without leaving a mark of their own.

Being in the towing industry, my first thought was the influx of rescues this was going to create. I have pulled Toyota Prius' of of "The Maze" and BMW's out of "Robbers Roost" and I have no doubt that people without the proper equipment or vehicle would try to traverse this back country.

So, was it a piece of art, a piece of trash or just a tourist magnet?
 
I personally don't think this was supposed to be a tourist magnet, or at least who ever it was intentions. For example... it sat there for 3 or 4 years before being discovered. At that point it never affected anything, it was the media that blew it up which ultimately caused a heard of people to come trampling through the dessert to go look at it. These people have no regard to the landscape and just want to get their picture. The person who put it there obviously didn't leave a trace or trail other than the monolith otherwise it would have been found sooner. If the person who put it there wanted it to be found for the mass people this would have been discovered a while ago. just my .02
 
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svivian said:
I personally don't think this was a tourist magnet, or at least who ever it was intentions. For example... it sat there for 3 or 4 years before being discovered. At that point it never affected anything, it was the media that blew it up which ultimately caused a heard of people to come trampling through the dessert to go look at it. These people have no regard to the landscape and just want to get their picture. The person who put it there obviously didn't leave a trace or trail other than the monolith otherwise it would have been found sooner. If the person who put it there wanted it to be found for the mass people this would have been discovered a while ago. just my .02
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I haven't seen anywhere that says it was there for years. A giant shiny object against the red rocks would stick out like a sore thumb and easily seeable, especially with the helicopter tours that Moab put out.

I would be surprised if it was only there a few weeks with the air traffic they have over there.

But I think you are right. I don't think the intensions were for it to become a tourist magnet. But that is what it became very quickly.

As far as not leaving a trace when it was put up... A single windy day in this area would wipe out any footprints that were left behind.

No one knows how long it was there, but with all the foot traffic we have seen this year, I doubt it went very long without being discovered.
 
Dave I. said:
I haven't seen anywhere that says it was there for years. A giant shiny object against the red rocks would stick out like a sore thumb and easily seeable, especially with the helicopter tours that Moab put out.

I would be surprised if it was only there a few weeks with the air traffic they have over there.

But I think you are right. I don't think the intensions were for it to become a tourist magnet. But that is what it became very quickly.

As far as not leaving a trace when it was put up... A single windy day in this area would wipe out any footprints that were left behind.

No one knows how long it was there, but with all the foot traffic we have seen this year, I doubt it went very long without being discovered.
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There are google earth images that show the monolith appearing between 2015 and 2016. I believe Peto posted it earlier or on the other thread.
 
svivian said:
There are google earth images that show the monolith appearing between 2015 and 2016. I believe Peto posted it earlier or on the other thread.
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The image that is on Google Earth is from October, 2016. I stand corrected again.

I have a hard time believing it had not been found for 4 years though. Just because it finally made the news doesn't mean no one knew about it. It could happen, it is a remote area but with all the helicopter tours.....

It is what it is I guess. The piece of trash has been removed and the natural beauty has been restored and protected.

What I find funny is how easily humans were enticed to see a shiny, unexplained object in the middle of the desert. I won't lie, I wanted to but couldn't justify the time to go get a picture of a shiny thingy. lol
 
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