- Location
- Grantsville, Utah
Lighten the mood
- Thread starter rholbrook
- Start date
Thursty
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Green River
johngottfredson
Threat Level Midnight
- Location
- Alpine
He didn't just suggest it. He defended it, and used it exclusively the rest of his life. Also, instead of "Good bye" to end he preferred "That is all."
What a boss.
RockChucker
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Highland
Monolith disappears, rock pile and mini pyramid now in its place
The mystery continues for Utah's favorite (unlikely) sign of alien contact.
www.ksl.com
- Location
- West Haven, UT
Interesting quote from the article: " Finch said because the structure is on public lands it is considered private property..." Seems a bit contrary.
Paul shared this on FB with a handful of photos.
If you’re interested in what exactly happened to the monolith keep reading because I was literally there. On Friday, 3 friends and myself drove the 6 hours down to the middle of nowhere in Utah and got to the “trailhead” around 7 PM after passing a sea of cars on our way in.
We passed one group as we hiked towards the mysterious monolith, while another group was there when we arrived, and they left pretty quick after we got there. For the next hour and 40 minutes we had the place to ourselves.
I had just finished taking some photos of the monolith under the moonlight and was taking a break, thinking about settings I needed to change for my last battery of drone flight when we heard some voices coming up the canyon. We were contemplating packing up our things as they walked up, so they could enjoy it for themselves like we did. At this point I looked down at my watch and it was 8:40 PM.
4 guys rounded the corner and 2 of them walked forward. They gave a couple of pushes on the monolith and one of them said “You better have got your pictures.” He then gave it a big push, and it went over, leaning to one side. He yelled back to his other friends that they didn’t need the tools. The other guy with him at the monolith then said “this is why you don’t leave trash in the desert.” Then all four of them came up and pushed it almost to the ground on one side, before they decided push it back the other when it then popped out and landed on the ground with a loud bang. They quickly broke it apart and as they were carrying to the wheelbarrow that they had brought one of them looked back at us all and said “Leave no trace.” That was at 8:48.
If you’re asking why we didn’t stop them well, they were right to take it out. We stayed the night and the next day hiked to a hill top overlooking the area where we saw at least 70 different cars (and a plane) in and out. Cars parking everywhere in the delicate desert landscape. Nobody following a path or each other. We could literally see people trying to approach it from every direction to try and reach it, permanently altering the untouched landscape. Mother Nature is an artist, it’s best to leave the art in the wild to her.
If you’re interested in what exactly happened to the monolith keep reading because I was literally there. On Friday, 3 friends and myself drove the 6 hours down to the middle of nowhere in Utah and got to the “trailhead” around 7 PM after passing a sea of cars on our way in.
We passed one group as we hiked towards the mysterious monolith, while another group was there when we arrived, and they left pretty quick after we got there. For the next hour and 40 minutes we had the place to ourselves.
I had just finished taking some photos of the monolith under the moonlight and was taking a break, thinking about settings I needed to change for my last battery of drone flight when we heard some voices coming up the canyon. We were contemplating packing up our things as they walked up, so they could enjoy it for themselves like we did. At this point I looked down at my watch and it was 8:40 PM.
4 guys rounded the corner and 2 of them walked forward. They gave a couple of pushes on the monolith and one of them said “You better have got your pictures.” He then gave it a big push, and it went over, leaning to one side. He yelled back to his other friends that they didn’t need the tools. The other guy with him at the monolith then said “this is why you don’t leave trash in the desert.” Then all four of them came up and pushed it almost to the ground on one side, before they decided push it back the other when it then popped out and landed on the ground with a loud bang. They quickly broke it apart and as they were carrying to the wheelbarrow that they had brought one of them looked back at us all and said “Leave no trace.” That was at 8:48.
If you’re asking why we didn’t stop them well, they were right to take it out. We stayed the night and the next day hiked to a hill top overlooking the area where we saw at least 70 different cars (and a plane) in and out. Cars parking everywhere in the delicate desert landscape. Nobody following a path or each other. We could literally see people trying to approach it from every direction to try and reach it, permanently altering the untouched landscape. Mother Nature is an artist, it’s best to leave the art in the wild to her.
Jesser04
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Kaysville Utah
I hope they were on a designated trail when they hiked to that hill top.
- Location
- Stinkwater
If that's accurate, that doesn't sound like the guys that put it up in the first place.
bravo to them. I figured it was either off duty BLM or a group concerned about the ‘gram crowd.
- Location
- Never Far From Nowhere
Nope, just “stewards of the land”.
- Location
- Grantsville, Utah
Good.
- Location
- West Jordan
- Location
- West Jordan
glockman
I hate Jeep trucks
- Location
- Pleasant Grove
I have a significant (for me) college 529 for my kids. None of them have gone to college, the oldest 3 are in their 20's. Maybe it has something to do with me constantly telling them to learn an actual skill that can't be outsourced overseas. LOL.
- Location
- Grantsville, Utah
