By Tim Binnall
A mysterious monolith that recently appeared in Colorado may soon be no more as the owner of the property where it stands is considering removing the piece due to misbehaving visitors drawn to the odd metallic object. The peculiar pillar made headlines last week when it was discovered atop a hill on the Morning Fresh Dairy Farm in the community of Bellvue. While the monolith may have initially served as something a boon for business at their Howling Cow Cafe, the unexpected addition to the landscape has since proven to be rather problematic due to the overwhelming amount of interest in the odd object.
"We had easily 800 people" who visited the site on Sunday, property owner Lori Graves told the Denver Post, indicating that even more sightseers had stopped by the site on Saturday. Experiencing issues similar to British farmers who wind up with unwanted crop formations on their land, she lamented that the appearance of the mysterious piece has led to "a lot of problems with trespassers and people being disrespectful and leaving trash all over the place." Although most of the visitors have respected the farm's request that they merely marvel at the monolith from a distance, some individuals have insisted on trekking up to the pillar for an up-close look, including one truly misguided motorist who actually plowed through the farm's corn field with their car.
Noting that the hill where the monolith stands was previously pristine, Graves observed that "there’s a very marked trail up it now, it's been flattened," which will likely result in erosion when it rains. In light of all of the trouble that the piece has caused, she mused that "I completely understand why they took down the one in Nevada" that was discovered and then removed by authorities about a week prior to the appearance of the pillar at the Morning Fresh Dairy Farm. The Colorado monolith may soon suffer a similar fate as Graves is considering toppling the piece before it becomes too much of a burden for the farm to bear in what is yet another example of the modern day adage "this is why we can't have nice things."