Utah’s desert obelisk has disappeared

Barely a week after it was found, Utah’s mystery obelisk has vanished.

The tower of stainless steel in a remote alcove in San Juan County attracted international attention after wildlife biologists caught a glimpse of it from the air earlier this month. The obelisk even has its own Wikipedia page.

Unfortunately for anyone who was hoping to make the pilgrimage to see it in person, it has disappeared.

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what God givth he can taketh away

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The Salt Lake Tribune went to the former location of the obelisk Saturday to confirm its absence. All that was left of the tower was a triangular metal piece that used to be on top and a hole where the base of the tower stood. There are trails and tracks in the area around the obelisk from the many visitors who have come to see it over the past week.

The Bureau of Land Management says it did not remove the obelisk.

“We have received credible reports that the illegally installed structure, referred to as the “monolith” has been removed from Bureau of Land Management (BLM) public lands by an unknown party,” said BLM spokesperson Kimberly Finch in a statement to The Salt Lake Tribune. “The BLM did not remove the structure which is considered private property. We do not investigate crimes involving private property which are handled by the local sheriff’s office. The structure has received international and national attention and we received reports that a person or group removed it on the evening of Nov. 27.”

Colorado resident Riccardo Marino told The Salt Lake Tribune that he drove eight hours through the night to get to the obelisk. He said he was 30 minutes from the trailhead at 10:40 p.m. when he saw a truck with a large, rectangular object in the back driving away from the site. He said he finished the trip to the site and found that the obelisk was gone.

“(It was a) very eerie feeling, arriving in the moonlight to nothing there,” he said.

This is truly bizarre. Any ideas who took it away?

Probably the same jack a$$’$ that rush to and swipe the stuff like Banksy art and then try to resale it to art dealers.

a reply to: TexasTruth
Yeah, there you go, the guy who put it there or somebody else is trying to make a killing.

Larceny never sleeps

This is a bazaar story indeed. I can't think of any legitimate reason a party would fabricate such a structure, install it way out in the sticks for what reason?

It reminded me of theming art type stuff that sign companies make for casinos and such. From experience it appeared to have required 40 hours of labor in a shop like a sign shop to fabricate by one person, or half a week with a crew fabricating it. It wasn't painted though if I remember from the picture though.

Maybe someone will learn more about this odd event and report it.

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Here is a video I can't embed with a video of all that is left. An imprint in the ground. Once you go to the page, scroll down a bit and you'll get the video


And the world was having a lot of fun with this. Is someone just jerking us around?

An obelisk black op?

originally posted by: Willtell
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Here is a youtube I can't embed with a video of all that is left. An imprint in the ground.


And the world was having a lot of fun with this. Is someone just jerking us around?

An obelisk black op?

How remote is that area? Can you drive up to it...lol

Someone probably came in with a helicoptor, hooked a noose on it, and yanked it up and away. Bet they could get a pretty penny for that thing, or just stick it in someone's mancave for something to talk about while they drink.

originally posted by: rickymouse
Someone probably came in with a helicoptor, hooked a noose on it, and yanked it up and away. Bet they could get a pretty penny for that thing, or just stick it in someone's mancave for something to talk about while they drink.

A real obelisk would be 20 feet deep...Chinese imitation I say.

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Not me… Apparently, however remote it is, a lot of folks have seemed to have found the place with little problems



I'm telling you since this thing was exposed, multiple blasphemers and all type of miscreants of the holbelesk have put their grimy paws on this most sacred object.


The gods have spoken

originally posted by: Willtell

The gods have spoken

I think a mile wide crater would have been much better in God speak...

A good sign shop could whip that out for a few grand, 5k tops. It isn't that hard to make something like that and not as expensive as it might look.

As with everything social media, expect copy cat objects to start showing up just to get likes and stars, i.e. attention.

Because you're nobody unless you go viral. Never forget that. 🙄Smh..

This is a national disgrace. We need an investigation; Trump or Biden should put the DOJ on this. Contact area 51 pronto...

Heads must roll and disappear as fast as that obelisk

They should have put security guards out there

In the bitter cold in the dark night…

no excuse for this... Utah should be sanctioned.

Next time ship it to jersey... at least we'd have gotten some money for it

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the cat head cult pulled it to a new ceremonial site. you know how feral cats are, mess with their den/nests to much and they move to a new one.

We need some satellite photos of the area!

Thinking about this seriously for a second.

Apparently, maybe, the original installer of this thing came and pulled it.

Or maybe the UTAH---some kind of officials took it down.

You know those Mormons might not cater to idols erected in their deserts

a reply to: Willtell

I would wager to guess whoever put it there, a person or group, has come to recover it now that is has received so much attention. Perhaps it was a meeting spot for a group, or had particular meaning to a person. By exposing it, it's been ruined.

originally posted by: Willtell
This is a national disgrace. We need an investigation; Trump or Biden should put the DOJ on this. Contact area 51 pronto...

Heads must roll and disappear as fast as that obelisk

They should have put security guards out there

In the bitter cold in the dark night…

no excuse for this... Utah should be sanctioned.

Next time ship it to jersey... at least we'd have gotten some money for it

Don't forget the sharks with laser guided missiles.

....I know it's a desert but these are really cool sharks.

a reply to: Willtell

It was taken by whoever built it. Heres why I think that is the builder used epoxy to hold it in the hole. The builder knew this this is why they left the bottom plate. They did not realize it was no longer attached and assumed the epoxy was still holding it in place. Any one other then the builder would have wanted to know how they secured it would have found that the piece of steel broke free and was just laying there.

The builder is the only one that wouldnt want to know what they did to secure it.