The excitement around the mysterious monoliths took a new turn after the structures in Utah and Romania disappeared last week. On Monday, a Colorado-based photographer, Ross Bernards, wrote a detailed post on Instagram where he gave an account of how four men came out of nowhere and dismantled the structure and took it away in a wheelbarrow. Bernard also attached several photos of the incident of the men who brought down the monolith.
Now, an extreme sports YouTuber has assured that he and his friends were responsible for removing the structure in the middle of the desert.
Andy Lewis, 34, who is a BASE jumper and slackliner, posted a still image video on his YouTube account titled “We took down the Utah Monolith” and said his “team” brought down the monolith. The video does not give a clear picture of the four people who dismantled the structure. On the night of November 27, 2020, at approximately 8:30 pm, our team removed the Utah Monolith. His video also adds a short description: “We will not include any other information, answers, or knowledge at this time.”
Lewis spoke to the Salt Lake Tribune and admitted to removing the structure because he felt that the presence of the monolith was actually disturbing the natural landscape of the pristine desert because people kept visiting it to take pictures of the structure.
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Lewis reportedly said that even though he supports art and artists, this structure has caused a huge population push in the area, which is not correct, especially during times of unprecedented pandemic.
He said that people have tried to reach the place using cars, bicycles and even planes and helicopters which has wreaked havoc on the naturalness of the place.
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Lewis’s account of the removal appears to match Bernards, who posted a detailed account on Instagram on Monday. Bernards, 34, said he and 3 of his friends drove six hours to the remote location in Utah to closely examine the magnificent-looking structure when he saw 4 men come down and dismantle the structure in minutes.
Explaining the sequence of events, Bernard wrote: “I had just finished taking some photos of the monolith in the moonlight and was taking a break, thinking about the settings I needed to change for my last drone flight battery when we hear some voices. down the canyon. “
Bernards said the men eventually broke it and carried the pieces away in a wheelbarrow. He said that one of them, while leaving with the wheelbarrow, also looked at them and said: “Leave no trace.”
Bernards’ post has had mixed reactions from people. While someone agreed with him, others still thought there was no clear indication of who the men were and why they took away something that probably wasn’t theirs. Lewis’s YouTube video also sparked similar reactions with many criticizing Lewis for dismantling something that was not his in the first place.
The appearances and subsequent disappearances of the mysterious monoliths in Utah and then Romania created quite a stir everywhere with people coming up with various conspiracy theories about their origin. And while an extraterrestrial connection is something space movie fans would crave, experts have guessed that it is most likely placed by some new wave artist or someone who is a huge fan of Kubrick’s 2001 masterpiece: A fan of the space odyssey.
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