Third Mysterious Monolith Spotted, Then Destroyed in California

A monolith has been spotted in Southern California that appears to be similar to one discovered in the Utah desert.

It’s unclear who placed the monolith on a hiking trail in Atascadero, about halfway between San Francisco and Los Angeles, KEYT-TV reported Wednesday.

The tall, silver structure drew some hikers to the area after photos were posted on social media.

At least two other monoliths have been spotted elsewhere.

A similar structure that officials said was made of riveted plates of stainless steel was toppled in Utah by a group of people who said “leave no trace,” KSTU-TV reported.

It had been placed without permission on public land.

Visitors left behind a mess of human waste and debris, parking cars on vegetation as well, officials said.

In Romania, a journalist with a local publication reported a monolith also disappeared after being found on a hill.

A local official said that structure was placed without permission as well.

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[EvolutionArtsllc]

Somebody is in a shop right now finishing up the next one.

[definitionofinsanity]

When someone finds a monolith that is one solid piece of metal not on the periodic table. Then I will be impressed.

[xtremeentertainmenttv]

Welcome to 2020 where a random metal object in the middle of nowhere is huge news

[petersantospago]

The only thing mysterious about this is why the craftsmanship sucks.

[jons.]

2001: A Space Odyssey
2020: A Harbor Freight welder tragedy

[Sarubotai]

Moral of the story: Dont call your local Alien if you need something welded together.

[Davivd]

Ancient Aliens is really going hard with their promo's for next season.

[okcomputer]

That’s why we can’t have anything nice in California...

[maestro-zqgu]

This whole monolith thing is a nice distraction from a crappy year at any rate.

[nightshadekelly]

Some college kid on the internet right now is laughing their ass off reading all these comments about the chunk of metal they stuck in the ground

[Stopsignv]

This is what makes news...We honestly are doomed due to stupidity

[angelapiccolella]

Anything to distract us from the real issues.

[hawk]

Imagine traversing the galaxy as a type 2 civilization, sending a monolith down to earth to contact humans, only to have their Tig welding skills thoroughly roasted xD

[XrayJose]

At this point aliens would be kind of a relief something we all expected

[breestone]

Put a camera 📷 on it and see how it “mysteriously disappears”

[BootedIV]

I'm disappointed in the Alien's welding skills

[straitmurph]

“Squiggles”, seriously? It’s a hand grinder geez

[nicholastamayo]

"Destroyed by a group of young men who said 'leave no trace'"

so... the Boy Scouts!?

[TRDGE]

imagine if it had been duct taped together instead. No question it'd been alien.

[capncrumch]

This like that shit that happens towards the end of a season on a show that leads up to something crazy in the next season. 2021 gonna be a hell of a ride.