The monolith was removed just before the July 4th holiday, but the Coloradoan captured some great photos before it disappeared. Will aliens (or humans posing as them) drop another one in the area ...

but check this out," the department wrote alongside photos of the column. MORE: Monolith mystery reemerges in Wales, prompting speculation of space aliens In the photos, the tall, geometric figure ...

By Wednesday, pictures were emerging on Instagram of people triumphantly posing with the monolith, eager to show the world that they had got there first - even if the wider mystery of why it is ...

The National Trust, which owns the beach, said it was investigating the shiny pillar A monolith has mysteriously appeared in Britain - just days after similar ones were spotted in the US and Romania.