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A “MAGICAL” MONOLITH has been discovered on an Isle of Wight beach, just days after similar structures were spotted in the United States and Romania.
The pillar was spotted on Compton Beach, on the west side of the island, over the weekend.
Island resident Alexia Fishwick said the discovery was “really quite magical”.
She told the PA news agency it was “pure chance” that she came across it.
“I’d read about the one in Utah and then Romania, so I knew the significance,” she said.
“Many people took no notice of it.”
She said people first thought she had photoshopped the images.
Lee Peckham, a lawyer living on the island who also spotted the structure yesterday afternoon, said: “I saw it and wondered what it was and thought it a rather strange thing to see on the beach!
“I wondered who put it there and why.”
A metal edifice was first found planted in the ground in a remote part of Utah at the end of November.
It disappeared just days later, and two other shining metal towers later appeared in Romania and Southern California.
A portal on the #IsleofWight? #monolith #Utah #beammeup @VisitIOW pic.twitter.com/NpfE6zKp7r
— Alexia R Fishwick (@AlexiaRFishwick) December 6, 2020
An anonymous collective called The Most Famous Artist has taken credit for the monoliths in Utah and California.
It posted an image of the Utah monolith on Instagram, with a $45,000 (€37,000) price tag.
However, when asked about the Isle of Wight structure, it said: “The monolith is out of my control at this point. Godspeed to all the aliens working hard around the globe to propagate the myth.”
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I for one welcome our new alien overlords.
@JB: lick
@Brendan Cunningham: Be careful. My new friends are looking for people to probe.
@JB: yes..or a copycat, or another Banksy, or real aliens mapping out where to strike first. Exciting times ahead.
@JB: Through the annals of history….
@JB: oooh!
@JB: would you say its time start bashing our neighbours heads in and feasting on the goo inside?
@Lee Galiezitte: yes I would, Kent
@JB: can’t be worse than the current ones. LOL
Advertising campaign on the horizon
Must be a Netflix original coming soon…
Ah stop there will be one in coolock next made out if shopping trollies
I smell a marketing campaign
Someone trying to be the next Banksy with too much money.
I bet you it’s Paddy Power!!!
Big Ed loves Mona. Obscura
The one in Utah was on private land and was removed by a man in a truck when the photo went viral. A little mystery is good, seeing how bad this year has been.
A 45,000 dollar price tag on it. It all comes down to money. For awhile there, I thought we had a mystery.
Not at all, Billy’s is rounder at the top.
€100 says its Banksy
Why dont they check and see if its materials match those on our periodic table so we can put this alien conspiracy to rest!
He cashed in quickly.
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