Meanwhile in the US, suspicion has fallen on an art collective called "The Most Famous Artist", which is based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The group has claimed credit for the monoliths in Utah and California as they posted an image of the Utah monolith with a £34,000 price tag attached to it.

Matty Mo, founder of "The Most Famous Artist" collective spoke up when he heard about the Isle of Wight's version:

"The monolith is out of my control at this point. Godspeed to all the aliens working hard around the globe to propagate the myth."


While metal monoliths are currently having a moment, another monolith has also found its way in front of Grandpa Joe's Candy Shop in Pittsburgh.

Christopher Beers, the owner of the Candy Shop says he commissioned a colleague to construct the 10 foot metal structure as a way to lure in customers to his shop and other small businesses around the area.


One Instaram user joked the monolith was the reset button for 2020 and asked, "Can someone please press it quickly?" Photo: Utah Department of Public Safety / Handout

New mysterious metal monolith spotted in Compton Beach

 in the Isle of Wight

Previous monoliths that have been found in Utah, Romania and California appeared to be similar in structure however, the California monolith was not planted well into the ground and could be easily knocked down with a firm push.

By Nina Siena December 7, 2020

Another mysterious monolith has surfaced at Compton Bay on the Isle of Wight earlier today just days after similar pillars were found and removed in Utah ,Romania and California.

According to The Daily Mail, the three sided free standing metal structure was spotted by beachgoers who were left baffled as it is unclear how the object was moved to a part of the beach which only had a footpath access and was at the bottom of a cliff.

The newest discovery comes after similar metal monoliths have mysteriously appeared and were just as swiftly removed in the US and in Romania. The structure in Utah, which was discovered on November 18, was covertly removed within days after another was found in Neamt county in Romania.

Strangely, just four days after its sudden appearance in Neamt county, the 2.8 meter (9ft) tall structure also disappeared as quietly as it was erected. Local reporters who have seen the structure said it was poorly made and had badly welded joints.

A spokeswoman for Piatra Neamt police, Georgiana Mosu, said authorities are conducting an inquiry into the illegally-installed structure, which was erected in a protected archaeological area.

On Wednesday, another monolith surfaced in Pine Mountain, in the city of Atascadero in California. But just as tourists were beginning to flock to get a glimpse of the structure, a group chanting "Christ is King" and "America first" tore down the metal structure at some point during the night.

Video footage posted in a streaming website showed the group of four men dressed in military fatigues pushing down the metal obelisk and replacing it with a wooden cross.

However, despite being quite similar to the other metal structures, the monolith in California was different from the one found in Utah. Unlike the other structures, the Pine Mountain monolith was not planted well into the ground and could be easily knocked down with a firm push and could possibly injure hikers if it fell over. It was said to weigh about 200lbs.

Atascadero Mayor Heather Moreno was not too happy by its disappearance saying the monolith provided something unique and fun during these stressful times.

Meanwhile, two adventure sportsmen and Utah residents Andy Lewis and Sylvan Christensen, stepped forward to claim responsibility for being part of the team who removed the Utah monolith. They stood ground for their actions explaining the ethical failures of the monolith artist who gouged a 24-inch hole on the sandstone surface of a protected area.

"It was not even close to the damage caused by the internet sensationalism and subsequent reaction from the world. This land wasn't physically prepared for the population shift," Christensen stated.

Utah local officials cited how the structure had been placed without permission on public land and pointed out that curious visitors have now left behind a mess of human waste and debris and parked cars on vegetation.

The shiny, triangular pillar that protruded some 12 feet from the red rocks of southern Utah

 It was spotted on November 18, 2020 by baffled local officials counting bighorn sheep from the air Photo: Utah Department of Public Safety / Handout

Mysterious monoliths popping up in US, Europe

Several metal monoliths have appeared in remote spots in the US and Europe over the past several weeks. While they are likely art installations, speculation remains about the objects' potential otherworldly origins.


On Sunday, a mysterious mirrored monolith was spotted by sea off the UK coast, sticking out of Compton Beach on the Isle of Wight. The nearly 8-foot (2.2 meter) gleaming pillar soon drew crowds, and speculation towards its origin.

"It's someone playing a practical joke. I don't believe in any of these conspiracy theories," a man walking his dog told Sky News.

Another monolith was spotted by hikers in the swampy Kiekenberg nature reserve in the Netherlands' northern Friesland province over the weekend, forest officials said Monday, adding they do not know how it got there and were looking for clues.

"We know that it was probably placed this weekend," a forestry service spokesman told AFP news agency.


This monolith appeared Sunday on the Isle of Wight
The Utah monolith

The two sightings are among several in recent weeks. All of the monoliths have resembled an ostensible extraterrestrial object appearing in Stanley Kubrick's sci-fi classic "2001: A Space Odyssey."

The first monolith appeared two weeks ago, hidden deep in the red-rock desert country near Moab in the southwestern US state of Utah.


This monolith in Utah was discovered by officials counting big horn sheep

The 10-foot shiny metal object was first spotted by wildlife officials tracking big horn sheep, and it soon drew hundreds of people to the remote spot.

After several days, the monolith was removed by a group of locals concerned about the environmental damage caused by masses of people heading through the fragile desert to get a look. An anonymous art collective has since taken credit for placing it. 

All that remains of the mysterious Utah monolith


Monolithic copycats?

Soon after the Utah monolith appeared, two similarly styled objects popped up in California and Romania.

A shiny 9-foot monolith was discovered near an archaeological site in Romania's mountainous Neamt county. It was up for four days before it disappeared overnight.

A local journalist told Reuters news agency that a "bad local welder" probably made it, as it looked poorly put together.

The Romanian monolith on Batca Doamnei hill in northern Romania

The California monolith was placed on the top of a mountain trail in the city of Atascadero between San Francisco and Los Angeles and it drew interest from local hikers.

However, it was quickly torn down by a group of men who posted a video on social media of them replacing it with a cross, which was also subsequently removed.

"We are upset that these young men felt the need to drive 5 hours to come into our community and vandalize the monolith,'' Atascadero Mayor Heather Moreno said in a press release. "The monolith was something unique and fun in an otherwise stressful time.''

Local media reported the three-sided, 10-foot-tall object was back in place on the hilltop by the weekend.

The monolith in California was once removed, and since replaced

wmr/rt (AFP, Reuters, AP)

Date 07.12.2020

Related Subjects Romania