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A mysterious structure has appeared in Christchurch Adventure Park. Photo / Supplied
The latest addition to a Christchurch park has left people scratching their heads.
The global trend for the “mysterious monolith” has reached New Zealand, with one of the geometric sculptures discovered at Christchurch Adventure Park in Port Hills.
The adventure park has asked the public for help in determining what the structure was and where it came from.
He followed a series of ironic theories of Facebook users.
One person said it could be a marketing campaign, another guessed it could be a “6G mobile tower”, while another said UK-based street artist Banksy could be behind it.
Geometric sculptures have appeared in random places around the world, including California, Utah, and the Isle of Wight.
Residents of the Isle of Wight stumbled upon the reflected obelisk while taking a walk on the beach in December.
Alexia Fishwick said the experience was “really quite magical”, and described the discovery to the BBC.
It was at least the fourth sculpture to be found in a public place at that time.
The Isle of Wight discovery came just days after a similar discovery in a Utah desert, as well as in California and Romania.
Since then, the BBC has identified the creator of the monolith erected on the Isle of Wight as 29-year-old Tom Dunford.
However, the monolith was removed and found for sale on eBay.
Dunford told the BBC he was “disappointed that someone had decided to cash in on a broken monolith.”
“If I had known it was going to be this epic, I would have done it with more robust materials and something good could have come of it.
Earlier this month, the Santa Fe-based artist collective called “The Most Famous Artist” claimed to be behind the original stunt in Utah.
The group’s website also began advertising a “Authentic Alien Monolith” for sale for a whopping $ 45,000 ($ 63,850).
A series of three plus a prototype have already been sold, according to the group.
However, when the collective was asked if they were behind the stunt they followed on the beach in England, the group was stumped.
The group’s director, Matty Mo, told the New York Post that the idea was “to start a global phenomenon.”
“I would say mission accomplished. I hope that each city has a monolith. This brings people together and transmits joy.”
However, like the Isle of Wight structure, the Utah version didn’t last long either.
The AP reported that the gleaming structure in Utah has since been toppled by a group of men who loaded it into a wheelbarrow and took it away.