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# Metal
- URL: https://www.jamesreeves.co/monoliths/
- Published: 2020-12-05T23:32:38.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-03T23:52:29.000Z
- Author: James A. Reeves
- Tags: Notebook

Monoliths have been appearing and disappearing in Utah, Romania, California, and the United Kingdom. But there is no mystery or wonder; nearly every event these days feels like a stunt aimed at our screens. If aliens landed, I’d probably mistake them for a guerrilla marketing campaign.

More mysterious are the young men who dismantled one of these metal obelisks and replaced it with a wooden cross while chanting “Christ is king!” and “America first!” According to [various reports](https://www.deseret.com/u-s-world/2020/12/4/22153819/california-monolith-disappearance-utah-cross?ref=jamesreeves.co), they wore night-vision goggles, camouflage outfits, and chugged energy drinks while they broadcasted conspiracies and slurs. These are the new religions and sects the future will bring: internet-rattled zealots with caffeine nerves who confuse politics with faith and are looking for any excuse to outfit themselves in militarized tech.