| | | Days after mysterious Utah desert monolith vanishes, another appears in Romania
Is this a well-coordinated prank concocted by a secret group of artists on the public, or the alien invite we've all been waiting for?
December 1, 2020
A metal monolith stands on the hills of Batca Doamnei, near Piatra Neamt, Romania, November 27, 2020.
Two weeks after a mysterious monolith appeared and then vanished in the remote Utah desert, local media have reported another monolith unexplainably materializing halfway across the world — only to vanish again a few days later.
Last Thursday, residents in the Romanian city of Piatra Neamt discovered a shiny triangular metal pillar propped atop the Batca Doamnei Hill, near the Petrodava Dacian Fortress, an archaeological site overlooking the city.
Just like the first monolith in Utah’s San Juan County, this metal slab measured between 10 feet and 12 feet in height and appeared to be built using a dimly reflective metal material.
City mayor Andrei Carabelea appeared to amiably play along with the bewildering discovery, calling it an honor.
“My guess is that some alien, cheeky and terrible teenagers left home with their parents’ UFO and started planting metal monoliths around the world. First in Utah and then at Piatra Neamt,” he said, according to the Independent. “I am honored that they chose our city.”
Carabelea added that he wouldn’t be upset if the mystery attracted tourists to his city.
“Beyond the conspiracy theories that can be tempting,” he added, “I’d like to see this randomness as further proof that our city is special. For the earthlings and (maybe) not only.”
What is a mysterious metal monolith doing in the Utah desert?
The mysterious monolith has vanished from Utah desert
Unfortunately for Carabelea and his city, their monolith had disappeared by Monday morning — just as quickly as its American counterpart.
Robert Iosub of the local Ziar Piatra Neamt newspaper told The Daily Mail: “The 2.8 meter tall structure disappeared overnight as quietly as it was erected last week. An unidentified person, apparently a bad local welder, made it… now all that remains is just a small hole covered by rocky soil.”
The news comes after state wildlife officials counting bighorn sheep in Utah spotted a metal monolith standing in a random, remote corner of the desert.
However, the structure had vanished a week later, with nothing except a few jumbled red rocks remaining in its place. Since it appeared, many visitors had rushed to the location to catch a glimpse of the curiosity, which was reportedly removed by environmentally-conscious hikers, who feared the destructive impact of the crowds on the remote location.
In a Reddit forum, one visitor to the site said he knocked on the monolith to see what it sounded like, and noted that it didn’t sound solid or magnetic, more “like a cardboard box.” |
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