Mystery of the monoliths: if only it were aliens

The strange, reflective objects that have appeared in wildernesses worldwide were an inspiring stunt but are now just a tedious prank

Someone had to spoil it. That could be the motto of the social media age when things that begin as wonders become mere memes. Now our inability to let well alone is turning the most mysterious art happening of 2020 into another tedious prank.

Related: New mystery metal monolith appears on a California mountaintop

there’s something tacky about placing a synthetic metal or plastic object in a wild location. It’s not an alien mystery, just human pollution

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