+SwineFlew Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 Anyone of you guys planning to put a cache or virtual cache at this location? For those that haven't been following the news, here's the information about it: here I believe I found the location... 38.343080,-109.666134 1 Quote Link to comment
+Max and 99 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 8 minutes ago, SwineFlew said: Anyone of you guys planning to put a cache or virtual cache at this location? For those that haven't been following the news, here's the information about it: here I believe I found the location... 38.343080,-109.666134 And get sent to the pokey? No thanks. Quote Link to comment
+K13 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 32 minutes ago, SwineFlew said: Anyone of you guys planning to put a cache or virtual cache at this location? For those that haven't been following the news, here's the information about it: here I believe I found the location... 38.343080,-109.666134 Why do you believe those coordinates are the ones? (Did you fly over there and place it yourself?) Quote Link to comment
+fizzymagic Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 53 minutes ago, K13 said: Why do you believe those coordinates are the ones? (Did you fly over there and place it yourself?) Its clearly visible on Google Earth. I don't understand why somebody implied that going there would get one put in jail ("sent to the pokey"). I don't believe it is on private land. It looks to be about a half-mile from a road. Would make an excellent virtual, IMO. 3 Quote Link to comment
+Max and 99 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 One thing that is known is that without authorization, it is illegal to install structures or art on federally managed public lands, according to Utah’s department of public safety (DPS). This is true, “no matter what planet you’re from”, the agency said in a statement. The agency said it does not plan to reveal is the exact location of the object. “It is in a very remote area and if individuals were to attempt to visit the area, there is a significant possibility they may become stranded and require rescue,” DPS said. Quote Link to comment
+fizzymagic Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Just now, Max and 99 said: One thing that is known is that without authorization, it is illegal to install structures or art on federally managed public lands, according to Utah’s department of public safety (DPS). This is true, “no matter what planet you’re from”, the agency said in a statement. The agency said it does not plan to reveal is the exact location of the object. “It is in a very remote area and if individuals were to attempt to visit the area, there is a significant possibility they may become stranded and require rescue,” DPS said. The first sentence says nothing about visiting the spot. Please re-read it. The second statement warns that reaching the spot may be dangerous. Says nothing about the legality of going there. Nothing above supports your contention that placing a virtual there would land one "in the pokey." Please don't post misinformation. 7 2 Quote Link to comment
+SwineFlew Posted November 25, 2020 Author Share Posted November 25, 2020 1 hour ago, K13 said: Why do you believe those coordinates are the ones? (Did you fly over there and place it yourself?) Take a look at the satellite map. Keep in mind this marker is around 10 to 12 foot tall. Quote Link to comment
+Max and 99 Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 10 minutes ago, fizzymagic said: The first sentence says nothing about visiting the spot. Please re-read it. The second statement warns that reaching the spot may be dangerous. Says nothing about the legality of going there. Nothing above supports your contention that placing a virtual there would land one "in the pokey." Please don't post misinformation. I did not post misinformation. Please re-read it. Quote Link to comment
+SwineFlew Posted November 25, 2020 Author Share Posted November 25, 2020 13 minutes ago, Max and 99 said: I did not post misinformation. Please re-read it. I rarely agree with fizzy and this time I do. Driving on the Utah Backcountry Discovery Route isn't illegal last I know. When the government doesn't tell us the location, it get too too many people involved to find the location. If I have a friend with the correct equipment to drive on those roads, I would do it. The government doesn't want people with the wrong 4x4 to go back there. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
+Max and 99 Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 7 minutes ago, SwineFlew said: I rarely agree with fizzy and this time I do. Driving on the Utah Backcountry Discovery Route isn't illegal last I know. When the government doesn't tell us the location, it get too too many people involved to find the location. If I have a friend with the correct equipment to drive on those roads, I would do it. The government doesn't want people with the wrong 4x4 to go back there. Correct. But the sculpture was illegally placed and therefore I do not think a geocache should be placed on it. You have to get permission first and the authorities clearly don't want you there. Reminds me of the virtual cache on I-80, and there's a fair chance you'll get a ticket for pulling over to visit it. Until of course they build the huge visitor Center that the sculptor wants so people can visit it without getting tickets. Quote Link to comment
+colleda Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 50 minutes ago, Max and 99 said: Correct. But the sculpture was illegally placed and therefore I do not think a geocache should be placed on it. You have to get permission first and the authorities clearly don't want you there. Reminds me of the virtual cache on I-80, and there's a fair chance you'll get a ticket for pulling over to visit it. Until of course they build the huge visitor Center that the sculptor wants so people can visit it without getting tickets. To claim a "Found IT" for this virtual please include photo of citation with your answers. 2 Quote Link to comment
+MNTA Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 What a bunch of bunk! Ignore the nay sayers if the cache is on public land place a cache nearby or a virtual what ever. Go for it. No rules or laws against it. If the state of Utah changes its mind and prohibits visiting the site now you have a problem. I remember awhile ago seeing a cache 100ft or so into Mexico access is from the US and you have to cross through a barbwire fence to get to it. Now that I say is a problem. This not. If they remove it, now you have a story and it will still be a destination for some. Quote Link to comment
+arisoft Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 8 hours ago, SwineFlew said: I believe I found the location... 38.343080,-109.666134 I don't think this is the correct place, because it doesn't match this footage, or there is more than one monolith. Quote Link to comment
+SwineFlew Posted November 25, 2020 Author Share Posted November 25, 2020 (edited) 18 minutes ago, arisoft said: I don't think this is the correct place, because it doesn't match this footage, or there is more than one monolith. Check again. btw, it been there for 5 years and people been talking about it on reddit for years. Edited November 25, 2020 by SwineFlew 1 Quote Link to comment
+The Jester Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Hmm... While I can see a item casting a shadow by those co-ords, that appears to be a rectangle shaped monolith, while the news clip shows a triangle shaped monolith. Also the clip appears to be in a alcove (walls around all but one side), while the shadow item is in a open draw with just two walls. Quote Link to comment
+lee737 Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 I was going to ask whose gadget cache it was.... 5 Quote Link to comment
+spotter/g Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 18 hours ago, Max and 99 said: Reminds me of the virtual cache on I-80, and there's a fair chance you'll get a ticket for pulling over to visit it. Until of course they build the huge visitor Center that the sculptor wants so people can visit it without getting tickets. would love to know about this cace, info? Quote Link to comment
+The Jester Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 12 hours ago, SwineFlew said: Check again. btw, it been there for 5 years and people been talking about it on reddit for years. Doing some further reading, this is a new find this year, so if it's been discussed for years then that must relate to another monolith. Also it's described as being "remote" with the possibility of people getting lost. IMO a half mile from a road isn't remote enough, but then I may be giving people too much credit. About 4 km NNW of the shadow item, farther up the road, is a cache (GC346TX). 1 Quote Link to comment
Moun10Bike Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 6 minutes ago, The Jester said: Doing some further reading, this is a new find this year, so if it's been discussed for years then that must relate to another monolith. Also it's described as being "remote" with the possibility of people getting lost. IMO a half mile from a road isn't remote enough, but then I may be giving people too much credit. About 4 km NNW of the shadow item, farther up the road, is a cache (GC346TX). It was newly found, but examinations of aerial imagery from previous years shows it popped up sometime between August 2015 and October 2016: https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/24/21656223/mysterious-utah-monolith-osint-google-earth-tracking 3 Quote Link to comment
+The Jester Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 3 minutes ago, Moun10Bike said: It was newly found, but examinations of aerial imagery from previous years shows it popped up sometime between August 2015 and October 2016: https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/24/21656223/mysterious-utah-monolith-osint-google-earth-tracking There are two different locations shown in pictures in that article, one the open canyon object I spotted (not at all like the news clip site) and what might be the "new" object (but it still doesn't appear to be an alcove like the news clip). But even that article talks about people recently tracking where it is - not being discussed for 5 years. There may be multiple items scattered around - placed by the same or different people - who knows? These objects appear every once in a while. Seattle had one show up January 1, 2001 in Magnuson Park (vanished a couple of days later and reappeared on Duck Island in Green Lake). Quote Link to comment
+SwineFlew Posted November 26, 2020 Author Share Posted November 26, 2020 5 hours ago, The Jester said: Doing some further reading, this is a new find this year, so if it's been discussed for years then that must relate to another monolith. Also it's described as being "remote" with the possibility of people getting lost. IMO a half mile from a road isn't remote enough, but then I may be giving people too much credit. About 4 km NNW of the shadow item, farther up the road, is a cache (GC346TX). To get there required some serious offroad vehicle and its remote enough if you get stuck out there with the wrong vehicle. Most guys that go back there are with a group of offroad vehicles for a good reason. Quote Link to comment
+thebruce0 Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 This gang managed to find and visit it. About a 5 minute heli flight for them. Already being visited by folks who've got the coordinates. It's not going to remain relatively hidden (or in good, nice shape) for much longer... 1 Quote Link to comment
+SwineFlew Posted November 26, 2020 Author Share Posted November 26, 2020 1 hour ago, thebruce0 said: This gang managed to find and visit it. About a 5 minute heli flight for them. Already being visited by folks who've got the coordinates. It's not going to remain relatively hidden (or in good, nice shape) for much longer... You are right, the public are making plans to see it. I looked up the area with google earth and those dirt roads are rough. The government should have just ignore it and move on. Quote Link to comment
+SwineFlew Posted November 27, 2020 Author Share Posted November 27, 2020 https://trib.al/nSPCjJH Look like plenty of people are finding it. Quote Link to comment
+SwineFlew Posted November 27, 2020 Author Share Posted November 27, 2020 Over on Wikipedia, they having a war on the location of this monolith. Lol. Someone keeps removing it. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_monolith Quote Link to comment
+Chrysalides Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 Let's do one better than a virtual. Let's have an event there. Participants must show up in ape suit. 6 Quote Link to comment
+SwineFlew Posted November 27, 2020 Author Share Posted November 27, 2020 2 hours ago, Chrysalides said: Let's do one better than a virtual. Let's have an event there. Participants must show up in ape suit. Oh my! And don't forget to social distance. 1 Quote Link to comment
+ecanderson Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 10 hours ago, Chrysalides said: Let's do one better than a virtual. Let's have an event there. Participants must show up in ape suit. Who's going to be in charge of bringing in a tibia or two? Quote Link to comment
+SwineFlew Posted November 29, 2020 Author Share Posted November 29, 2020 Looks like someone removed it. https://www.cnet.com/news/mysterious-utah-monolith-puzzle-has-been-solved-by-internet-sleuths/ Quote Link to comment
+Viajero Perdido Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Oh yeah, sorry, I'd forgotten where I'd left it. Need it somewhere else, to attach a keyholder... 5 Quote Link to comment
+thebruce0 Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 They make it sound like Reddit were the only people who knew about it or did any work on it. I think the author is a reddit user. Sad that it's gone though. Or maybe it's good. Hard to tell. It is what it is. And it's gone. Fun while it lasted! Quote Link to comment
+kunarion Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 39 minutes ago, thebruce0 said: They make it sound like Reddit were the only people who knew about it or did any work on it. I think the author is a reddit user. Sad that it's gone though. Or maybe it's good. Hard to tell. It is what it is. And it's gone. Fun while it lasted! Since it seems that the "artist" leaves these things after his photo shoot, there would be other such abandoned selfie monuments still out there. So the fun continues. Quote Link to comment
+4wheeler Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Too late, today it was reported that the monolith has mysteriously been removed and replaced with a pile of rocks Quote Link to comment
+SwineFlew Posted November 30, 2020 Author Share Posted November 30, 2020 3 hours ago, 4wheeler said: Too late, today it was reported that the monolith has mysteriously been removed and replaced with a pile of rocks Is there a cache under the rocks? 2 Quote Link to comment
+4wheeler Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 News just posted: Now a mysterious Arthur C Clarke-style monolith appears in ROMANIA after unexplained metal vanished from Utah – so who (or what) put it there? Mysterious metal monolith has appeared in northern Romania after another vanished from the desert in Utah The shiny triangular pillar was found on Batcas Doamnei Hill in the city of Piatra Neamt last Thursday One side of the structure, which is 13 feet tall, faces Mount Ceahlau, known locally as the Holy Mountain A mysterious metal monolith has appeared in Romania this week after another similar structure found in the remote Utah desert was removed by an 'unknown party'. The shiny triangular pillar was found on Batca Doamnei Hill in the city of Piatra Neamt in northern Romania last Thursday. It was spotted a few metres away from the well-known archaeological landmark the Petrodava Dacian Fortress, an fort built by the ancient Dacian people between 82 BC and AD 106. A mysterious metal monolith has appeared in Romania this week after another similar structure found in the remote Utah desert was removed by an 'unknown party'. The shiny triangular pillar was found on Batca Doamnei Hill in the city of Piatra Neamt in northern Romania last Thursday. It was spotted a few metres away from the well-known archaeological landmark the Petrodava Dacian Fortress, an fort built by the ancient Dacian people between 82 BC and AD 106. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9001495/Now-mysterious-Arthur-C-Clarke-style-monolith-appears-ROMANIA-vanished-Utah.html?ito=social-facebook&fbclid=IwAR0QmaHle-MGBBbEXqP0X7v-RAQyEtlwUdz9OtZ35mEHPhm0MLRYCWSdcEg Quote Link to comment
+ecanderson Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Not as nicely done as the one in Utah. Quote Link to comment
+SwineFlew Posted December 1, 2020 Author Share Posted December 1, 2020 I should build one and put it on my place with a geocache door. Quote Link to comment
+igator210 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 18 hours ago, ecanderson said: Not as nicely done as the one in Utah. Yeah.. the Utah looked like it was carefully planned. The Romania one looked like to was cobbled together from left over scraps. Quote Link to comment
+SwineFlew Posted December 2, 2020 Author Share Posted December 2, 2020 https://nypost.com/2020/12/01/extreme-sports-pro-mr-slackline-claims-he-removed-utah-monolith Well...don't give him any ideas about geocaching. Quote Link to comment
+4wheeler Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 Another one turned up in California at the top of Pine Mountain near Atascadero but was soon torn down Quote Link to comment
+ecanderson Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 Scrap 301 stainless goes for about 31 cents a pound at the moment. I noted the estimated weight at 200lbs. Not sure I'd be willing to haul that much out of that location as $62 worth of scrap steel! 1 Quote Link to comment
+Viajero Perdido Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 (edited) Scrap?!? I think it would look great in my yard. As soon as Home Depot starts carrying them, I'm getting one. Obelix would be proud... Edited December 5, 2020 by Viajero Perdido 6 Quote Link to comment
Johannis10 Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 (edited) On 11/25/2020 at 12:20 PM, lee737 said: I was going to ask whose gadget cache it was.... Nightmare of eache D5 Cacheowner: Spoilered at eache newspaper, before puplished at GS. Hope the owner dont't give up. I like such monumental monolith gadget caches. Is there a bookmark list?That one is next to me and was a nice experiance. Greetings Johannis10 Edited December 5, 2020 by Johannis10 1 Quote Link to comment
+Rathergohiking Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 Now that it has been removed by a couple of Aliens, how about putting a web cam cache there so we can capture its return? My Alien contact said it was just going “up” for a bit to get some much needed repairs. Just got that confirmed independently by Ancient Aliens, look for it on their next episode. 2 Quote Link to comment
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