Romanian monolith revealed after Utah monolith disappears, local mayor is ‘honored’
mysterious monolith case has gone international.
A metal monolith has appeared in Romania, with reports arising after a perplexing 10-foot metal structure was found embedded in rock in remote Utah, only to disappear 10 days later.
The most recent pillar, triangular in form, was found on Batca Doamnei Hill in the northern Romanian city of Piatra Neamt – close to the Petrodava Dacian Fortress archeological landmark.
The mayor of Piatra Neamt, Andrei Carabelea, welcomed the discovery with a humorous Facebook statement on Nov. 28, the day after a similar structure went missing in Utah.
“The universe chose,” Carabelea wrote, promising it was “nothing scary. Or at least, there is no reason to panic for those who believe that there is still life in the universe.”
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“Piatra Neamț hosts a mysterious object,” he wrote. “My guess is that some naughty and terrifying alien teenagers have left home with their parents’ UFOs and started planting metal monoliths around the world. First in Utah and then in Piatra Neamț. I am honored that they chose our city.”
The town official noted he would have appreciated if the builder “followed the legal steps to obtain a building permit.”
A local newspaper report states that the object is about four meters (13 feet) high “and is driven into the ground. It looks empty inside.”
The Utah Department of Public Safety discovered the original object embedded into the rock Nov. 18 during an expedition counting bighorn sheep in the barren, desolate region of southeastern Utah.
The exact location of the installation was initially not disclosed in an effort to stop individuals from attempting to locate it, for fear visitors could potentially become stranded in a remote area.
Days after the Bureau of Land Management revealed the structure had disappeared, travel photographer Ross Bernards, on the site with his friend Mike Newlands, revealed he saw four unidentified men remove the celebrated object.
“They took it away for a few reasons,” Newlands told USA TODAY on Tuesday. “It’s litter – public lands are to be respected, and this was out of place in a pristine and sensitive environment.”
Newlands noted the monolith had become a major attraction and “the damage to the land from all the vehicles and people was going to be disastrous.”