New clues after mystery metal monolith disappears from US desert
- Metal sculpture in Utah appears to have been demolished by men who called it ‘trash’
- Similar metal structure was found on a hill in Romania, but has since also disappeared
The mystery of how a metal monolith appeared in the Utah desert remains, but the riddle of its removal seems to have been solved – and sadly, has nothing to do with aliens.
Images emerged Tuesday of four men working in the dead of night to remove the strange, triangular pillar that has garnered global attention from its remote resting place in the western United States desert.
Photographer Ross Bernards, who visited the monolith Friday, described in an Instagram post accompanying the photos how four men suddenly appeared that night, pushed the object over and dismantled it before carrying it off in a wheelbarrow.
“One of them looked back at us all and said ‘leave no trace’. That was at 8:48,” wrote Bernards.
Later Tuesday, a 34-year-old slackline performer and adventure sportsman called Andy Lewis posted a video on YouTube titled: “We removed the Utah monolith”.
It featured near-identical images and a short clip of the monolith seemingly being wheeled away, but no further explanation was provided.