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Title: Monolith Appears Near Las Vegas
Post by: roadman65 on June 18, 2024, 08:13:00 PM
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/monolith-las-vegas-nevada-desert-gass-peak/

Don't know what these things are, but appears to show up in any places around the globe.
Title: Re: Monolith Appears Near Las Vegas
Post by: Max Rockatansky on June 18, 2024, 08:15:55 PM
They are things that people who watched too much 2001 put up because they can't think of anything original.
Title: Re: Monolith Appears Near Las Vegas
Post by: mgk920 on June 18, 2024, 08:18:25 PM
Someone is laughing and high-fiving his (or her) friends over this.

 :rofl:

Mike
Title: Re: Monolith Appears Near Las Vegas
Post by: roadman65 on June 18, 2024, 08:18:31 PM
My thoughts, are it's a joke. People like to feed on people believing in UFO's and extraterrestrial beings, so someone inserts it into the ground. Then in a few days comes for it until another place to insert.
Title: Re: Monolith Appears Near Las Vegas
Post by: Max Rockatansky on June 18, 2024, 08:20:29 PM
Well, there was a bunch of idiots that thought they could "storm" Groom Lake a couple years back.
Title: Re: Monolith Appears Near Las Vegas
Post by: LilianaUwU on June 18, 2024, 08:38:12 PM
Can't wait for this to be another stupid marketing campaign for an equally stupid start-up company.
Title: Re: Monolith Appears Near Las Vegas
Post by: epzik8 on June 18, 2024, 08:44:42 PM
Area 51?
Title: Re: Monolith Appears Near Las Vegas
Post by: roadman65 on June 18, 2024, 08:45:20 PM
To drive that in, you need some sort of sledgehammer.  I'd like to see them remove it.

Better yet, why don't someone visiting it give it a wiggle as I'm certain it can be too tightly inserted.
Title: Re: Monolith Appears Near Las Vegas
Post by: freebrickproductions on June 19, 2024, 10:22:39 PM
Didn't a few of these crop-up in the Mojave Desert a few years back?
Title: Re: Monolith Appears Near Las Vegas
Post by: Max Rockatansky on June 20, 2024, 12:13:20 AM
Yes, hence why I noted that there are some 2001 fans with not much better to do.
Title: Re: Monolith Appears Near Las Vegas
Post by: roadman65 on June 24, 2024, 12:34:37 PM
https://www.facebook.com/100044272337453/posts/pfbid0wm6nWNYpCxvt2QQT9vRZnDDg5S6YLM84Gdt4cHAY4qqJbNZ8GAfuMhoHmg6E6PxMl/?
I posted comment on this saying that it was a prank.

I still think it is.
Title: Re: Monolith Appears Near Las Vegas
Post by: Rothman on June 24, 2024, 12:40:08 PM
Congratulations.
Title: Re: Monolith Appears Near Las Vegas
Post by: roadman65 on June 24, 2024, 01:09:35 PM
The only reason why it has not been removed is cause people are constantly observing it. The prankster is unable to get to it without being seen.
Title: Re: Monolith Appears Near Las Vegas
Post by: Rothman on June 24, 2024, 02:12:41 PM
What the freak are you talking about?

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/23/style/las-vegas-mystery-monolith-removed-intl-hnk/index.html
Title: Re: Monolith Appears Near Las Vegas
Post by: Scott5114 on June 24, 2024, 05:21:40 PM
Kind of funny seeing somewhere so close to me making national news...I have an excellent view of Gass Peak when I head to the grocery store.  :D

A few people on /r/vegaslocals posted that they went out and found the monolith themselves before it was removed. Apparently it was in a location that was dangerous enough to get to that none of them felt comfortable sharing the exact location, out of fear that someone else might hurt themselves trying to get to it. If that's true, I'm not surprised that Metro removed it, since it risks becoming an attractive nuisance.

And now...the weather.
Title: Re: Monolith Appears Near Las Vegas
Post by: roadman65 on June 24, 2024, 05:34:29 PM
I still say it's a prank. The fact the media got hold of it easily states it's a publicity stunt or a person looking for attention and plants these knowing how some people reaction is to mysteries.

You have people out there who love things pointing to extraterrestrial and this kind of leaves that eerie feeling to them for it to exaggerate.
Title: Re: Monolith Appears Near Las Vegas
Post by: Scott5114 on June 24, 2024, 05:56:49 PM
Quote from: roadman65 on June 24, 2024, 05:34:29 PMI still say it's a prank. The fact the media got hold of it easily states it's a publicity stunt or a person looking for attention and plants these knowing how some people reaction is to mysteries.

You have people out there who love things pointing to extraterrestrial and this kind of leaves that eerie feeling to them for it to exaggerate.

Well, yeah, what else would it be besides someone coming to Vegas to be a weirdo? That's why this city exists.  Just another day in Southern Nevada.
Title: Re: Monolith Appears Near Las Vegas
Post by: roadman65 on July 05, 2024, 12:35:17 AM
https://www.facebook.com/100064906143437/posts/pfbid023oZZTG66wRU3P1ezr2ZEZ3WbB4ZCaMvUGkcSwLaUchX6PZF55vs4ndMbcDrrEZGXl/?
I see another incident occurred involving a Monolith. This time in Colorado.
Title: Re: Monolith Appears Near Las Vegas
Post by: Scott5114 on July 05, 2024, 09:12:56 AM
What do you want to bet that if the location of all of them is plotted on a map they spell out "I'M THINKING ARBY'S"?
Title: Re: Monolith Appears Near Las Vegas
Post by: kalvado on July 05, 2024, 09:40:25 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 05, 2024, 09:12:56 AMWhat do you want to bet that if the location of all of them is plotted on a map they spell out "I'M THINKING ARBY'S"?
Next thing you know is little green men start actually paying visits to Arby's...
Title: Re: Monolith Appears Near Las Vegas
Post by: roadman65 on July 05, 2024, 11:34:07 AM
Quote from: kalvado on July 05, 2024, 09:40:25 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 05, 2024, 09:12:56 AMWhat do you want to bet that if the location of all of them is plotted on a map they spell out "I'M THINKING ARBY'S"?
Next thing you know is little green men start actually paying visits to Arby's...

Be a great promo for their St. Patrick's Day milkshake each year. :bigass:
Title: Re: Monolith Appears Near Las Vegas
Post by: Rothman on July 05, 2024, 11:36:29 AM
I don't see rogue monolith installations rising to the importance of an "incident."
Title: Re: Monolith Appears Near Las Vegas
Post by: GaryV on July 05, 2024, 12:02:58 PM
Quote from: Rothman on July 05, 2024, 11:36:29 AMI don't see rogue monolith installations rising to the importance of an "incident."

Incident simply means an event or occurrence. It doesn't have to be exciting or spectacular or ominous.
Title: Re: Monolith Appears Near Las Vegas
Post by: roadman65 on July 08, 2024, 10:05:45 AM
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/T7Lu14GVnnkikpak/?mibextid=xfxF2i

I think this is more believable than the Monolith.
Title: Re: Monolith Appears Near Las Vegas
Post by: SectorZ on July 08, 2024, 11:11:38 AM
Quote from: roadman65 on July 08, 2024, 10:05:45 AMhttps://www.facebook.com/share/v/T7Lu14GVnnkikpak/?mibextid=xfxF2i

I think this is more believable than the Monolith.

Amazing how people will believe in anything, considering the "like/wow/laugh" reaction ratio on that.

The Tesla Concorde video that people genuinely think is real when there are dozens of red flags before even see a faked video is astounding.

(I sadly have a 73 year old former neighbor that shares stuff on FB from this very page thinking its real. He was actually in the military...)