Alberta's Reportedly The Latest Place For A Monolith To Appear & It Doesn't Even Look Nice

Alberta wins the award for the least aesthetic monolith yet.
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Well, if this isn't just the most Albertan thing we've ever seen. An Alberta monolith has reportedly appeared and its origins are a total mystery. 

According to Lethbridge Now, the large metal structure is located in Lethbridge, A.B., on the north side of Whoop Up Drive. Yes, it's beside a freeway. 

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Photos of the big cylindrical pyramid emerged on Sunday, December 13 and apparently, no one has any idea how it got there. 

Earlier in 2020, one was spotted in Utah.

More recently, another was found in Manitoba

According to The Guardian, many people have considered them to be an extraterrestrial phenomenon, but the materials are all-too-human.  

They seem to be appearing rapidly, so we are left to wonder where the next will be. 

As quickly as they arrive, they seem to disappear. Word on the street is that's it's already gone.

This article's cover photo is for illustrative purposes only. 

  • Britanny Burr was a Staff Writer at Narcity Canada, who drove growth within Narcity's Western coverage and readership. Having lived between her hometown, Canmore, Alberta and Calgary, Montreal, Vancouver, and NYC over the past 10 years, she is obsessed with finding the best local hot spots. She holds a B.A. in English and has over six years of professional writing experience as Head Writer and Editor for YUL.Buzz in Montreal, and Creative Copywriter at JAKT in NYC. News by day, poetry by night — the written word is Britanny's nearest and dearest.

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