A monolith has appeared off a trail near a Canyon Country park near the Sierra Highway exit on Highway 14 Sunday.
Standing between 5 to 6 feet tall, the three-sided structure can be seen from Highway 14 and is one of many monoliths to be found around the world in the last few weeks.
“We were driving down the freeway going southbound and I looked up at the park and saw the monolith,” said Canyon Country resident Mary Elterman. “We started laughing and had to come back to see it. I’m impressed somebody took the time to do this.”
A monolith is usually described as a single massive stone or rock, such as some mountains, or a single large piece of rock placed within a monument or building, but the metal structures were given the name after a similar 10-foot pillar was discovered in Utah last month.
Since then, the monoliths have been found in Northern California, South America, Europe, and now the Santa Clarita Valley, but usually disappear within days.
It is unknown who built and placed the monolith, or how long it will be standing above the highway.
