After the metal monolith disappeared in Utah, they found a similar one in Romania

2020 leaves nothing but surprises, mysteries and quirks. After the disappearance of the Utah Desert Monolith in the United States became official, another almost identical monolith has now appeared on a hill in Romania. Luck or secret marketing strategy?

The new discovery took place a few meters from the fortress of Petrodava Daciana, a fort dating from the 1st century BC, considered a great archaeological monument of interest. It is close to the so-called Sacred Mountain, one of the Seven Natural Wonders of Romania.

The object, like its North American pair, is metallic and has a triangular base. Since it is in a private and protected area, there is not much progress on it yet, according to the Daily Mail.

“We started to investigate the strange appearance of the monolith. It is in a protected area of ​​an archaeological site, ”said Rocsana Josanu, responsible for culture and heritage of Neamt.

The official clarified that a permit approved by the Ministry of Culture was needed to install something there, which raises more doubts.

Faded away

The mysterious “metal monolith” of unknown origin, whose recent discovery in a desert in the western United States sparked all kinds of speculation, went missing last Saturday, just four days after being discovered.

“We have received credible information that the illegally installed structure known as the ‘monolith’ was removed from public lands by the Bureau of Land Management by unknown persons on November 27,” the bureau spokeswoman said in a statement. . Kimberly Finch. It was not the agency that removed the structure, he said.

The Utah Office of Space Planning said it received “credible testimony” that someone removed the object on Friday evening. “The office has not removed the structure, which is considered private property,” he said in a statement.

“We are not investigating crimes related to private property, which fall under the local sheriff’s office,” he added.

Although officials in Utah did not specifically indicate where the monolith was located, people quickly found it on satellite images from 2016 and determined its GPS coordinates, prompting people to enter the area.

Some observers have pointed to the object’s resemblance to the avant-garde work of John McCracken, an American artist who lived for some time in the neighboring state of New Mexico and died in 2011.

*This text was originally published by Los Andes. It is reproduced here with the corresponding permission.