More Metallic Monoliths Come and Go

by Pa Rock
Alienologist

A few days ago in this space I wrote about a strange metallic monolith that had recently been discovered in a very remote setting in the Red Rock region of rural Utah.  Nine days after its discovery, the mysterious object suddenly disappeared.   A study of aerial images from Google Earth revealed that the object had been at home in the mountainous region for about five years prior to its discovery and subsequent removal by parties as yet unknown.

Last week a similar structure also appeared in Romania, but it, too, has since disappeared.

And now this week a third metallic monolith of unexplained origins was found along a mountain trail in a park approximately halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, California.  This latest mystery structure was three-sided, ten-feet-tall, and weighed approximately two hundred pounds..  It had apparently only been up a couple of days when a group of commandos descended on the site Thursday night and tore the monolith down.

The commandos, who were decked out with night-vision goggles, drove five hours from southern California in order to reach their objective before daylight.  In a video which was shown on-line, they chanted "Christ is King" and "America First" while toppling the monument.  One man in the group also stated that they did not want illegal aliens from Mexico or outer space in their midst.

The commando-vandals replaced the monolith with a large wooden cross, but that, too, soon disappeared.

Two extreme sports athletes said that they helped in removing the monolith because they were concerned about the damage to the area caused by tourists who were coming to see it.  Many local residents, however, were not happy that it had been torn down.  Heather Moreno, the mayor of Atascadero near where the monument was located said, "We are upset that these young men felt the need to drive five hours to come into our community and vandalize the monolith.   The monolith was something unique and fun in an otherwise stressful time."

Matt Cadaret, a gravedigger at a local cemetery who had planned on hiking up to see the strange attraction, described the situation as a "bummer."  He added, "It's too bad it's gone.  People were real exited about it.  Anything that gets people excited is a good thing."

So that makes three, so far, and at this point their origins and purposes remain unclear.  Are the monoliths works of renegade artists using the great outdoors as their galleries, or are the tall metal structures something more utilitarian, such as property stakes in a soon-to-be-revealed cosmic land rush?  Or perhaps they are inter-stellar cell towers to enable ET and his traveling companions to phone home?  

Whatever their purpose, tearing these cultural anomalies down seems to be an overreaction born out of fear and ignorance.   Someone has been trying to make a statement, and I, for one, would like to hear it!