# Mysterious 2001-like monolith discovered in Utah **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 23, 2020, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-2001-like-monolith-discovered-in-utah/926298 "2020-11-23T21:34:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2020, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-2001-like-monolith-discovered-in-utah/926298/122 "2020-12-27T18:44:54Z")
> **[The Further Adventures of that Monolith Stolen in Utah - Slashdot](https://idle.slashdot.org/story/20/12/26/0451228/the-further-adventures-of-that-monolith-stolen-in-utah)** > > A Utah newstation interviewed the men claiming responsibility for removing the original monolith in Utah, who reveal where, why, and how they took it: > > Homer Manson described how they brought tools, but in the end they were able to simply push the... ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-2001-like-monolith-discovered-in-utah/926298/123 "2020-12-28T02:36:58Z")
26 December; San Francisco hilltop; [gingerbread monolith](https://www.google.com/search?q=gingerbread+monolith&oq=gingerbread&aqs=chrome.4.69i57j46i275i433j46i433j0i433j0i3j0i433l2j0i271.5043j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8) spotted; collapsed the next day. This journalist is too tired for follow-up reporting. 😆 ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-2001-like-monolith-discovered-in-utah/926298/124 "2020-12-28T05:28:06Z")
Someone left the cake out in the rain, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2020, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-2001-like-monolith-discovered-in-utah/926298/125 "2020-12-29T16:24:38Z")
Though it would be over 300 miles north of where I’d expect _that_ to be going on. ---
**Author:** ![Retzbu\_Tox](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/retzbu_tox/32/11829_2.png) [@Retzbu\_Tox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Retzbu_Tox)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-2001-like-monolith-discovered-in-utah/926298/126 "2021-02-08T19:26:20Z")
**And, after a monolith-free January, another metal-and-therefore-not-a-monolith appears** > **[Mysterious monolith pops up near Turkish World Heritage site](https://apnews.com/article/monolith-appears-in-turkey-862610dd45de8b3841019940b63cdc18)** > > ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish authorities are investigating the appearance of a mysterious monolith in southeastern Turkey... ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-2001-like-monolith-discovered-in-utah/926298/127 "2021-02-08T23:32:30Z")
I think [The Who](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who%27s_Next#/media/File:Whosnext.jpg) had the right idea. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-2001-like-monolith-discovered-in-utah/926298/128 "2021-02-09T01:19:13Z")
A monolith at Gobleki Tepi? Unimaginable! ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-2001-like-monolith-discovered-in-utah/926298/129 "2021-02-09T01:38:14Z")
> [@Retzbu\_Tox](#): > > metal-and-therefore-not-a-monolith Monoliths just have to be monolithic. Not stone, like a stone. Like a tidal wave. Although in all honesty, that thing doesn’t look very monolithic to me. ---
**Author:** ![Retzbu\_Tox](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/retzbu_tox/32/11829_2.png) [@Retzbu\_Tox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Retzbu_Tox)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-2001-like-monolith-discovered-in-utah/926298/130 "2021-02-09T15:51:24Z")
I’m old school. Mono = one. Lith = stone. 😁 I think all of these “monoliths” so far have been constructed from multiple pieces of sheet metal, so they are neither mono nor lith. If a solid metal one turned up, that would be interesting. The logistics of secretly moving and erecting a multi-ton metal pillar are a lot more difficult than one that several people can carry around by hand, or maybe even assemble on-site. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-2001-like-monolith-discovered-in-utah/926298/131 "2021-02-09T15:57:51Z")
Until one hears _Also sprach Zarathustra_ while touching a large solid block with 1:4:9 proportions, they’re all fakes. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-2001-like-monolith-discovered-in-utah/926298/132 "2021-02-09T17:02:39Z")
[The Dawn of Goofing Off](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15qlP1REMIk&ab_channel=DavidLovins) ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-2001-like-monolith-discovered-in-utah/926298/133 "2021-02-09T18:47:17Z")
Personally, I prefer Mel Brooks’ version. (Spoilered, NSFW.) [Our Forefathers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gggQtG8hgKY) ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-2001-like-monolith-discovered-in-utah/926298/134 "2021-02-12T02:14:45Z")
> [@Retzbu\_Tox](#): > > metal-and-therefore-not-a-monolith Notalith? ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-2001-like-monolith-discovered-in-utah/926298/135 "2021-02-18T21:12:14Z")
No, Naryalith. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-2001-like-monolith-discovered-in-utah/926298.md?page=6)