A mysterious metal monolith has appeared on a hiking trail near Las Vegas. Authorities wonder how the monolith got there.
The reflective monolith was found near Gass Peak, about 25 miles from Sin City, by Las Vegas Metro Search and Rescue.
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) Officials confirmed the object was found on the popular hiking trail last weekend.
They posted about it on Facebook, along with some photos: ‘We see a lot of strange things when people go hiking. For example, they are not prepared for the weather and do not take enough water with them… but look at this!’
The post quickly received more than 1,000 likes and hundreds of comments.
A mysterious metal monolith has appeared on a hiking trail near Las Vegas, leaving officials wondering how it got there
The mirrored monolith was found near Gass Peak, about 25 miles from Sin City by Las Vegas Metro Search and Rescue
Many commentators joked that it had landed from space.
One Facebook user said: ‘Maybe it’s a portal that goes to another location.’
Another commenter joked, “I don’t care what it is…but can someone go there and pray about it or something…and ask for the rent to be lowered?”
Although the LVMPD deemed the monolith a “mystery,” one commenter wrote in response, “It’s not ‘mysterious.’ Somebody built a truck, put it in there, drove it there and set it up. It’s no big deal.”
This curious-looking metal plaque is one of many found around the world in recent years.
In late 2020, dozens of similar-looking monoliths popped up across the US, Britain, Canada, Romania and beyond, often before eerily disappearing.
The silver structures in the UK were found in Glastonbury, Cornwall and the Isle of Wight.
More recently, a 3-metre-long monolith was found on a hilltop near Hay-on-Wye in Wales.
A steel monolith shaped like a giant Toblerone bar has been spotted near Hay-on-Wye in Wales
Richard Haynes, who took photos of the structure while running in March, told WalesOnline he initially thought it was a scientific instrument.
He explained: ‘I was heading towards Hay Bluff, where the trigonometric point is, and I looked to my right and I thought it looked a bit odd and that maybe it was a scientific media research thing that was collecting rainwater.
‘But then I realized that it was much too big and too strange for that. Then I went there and it was at least ten feet high and triangular, definitely stainless steel.
“It was hollow and I imagine it was quite light. Light enough for two people to lift it up and plant it in the ground.”
