Like the other monoliths that have mysteriously appeared all over America and the world during the waning weeks of 2020, the one that appeared on a California hill on Christmas Day seemed to come out of nowhere.
Also like the others, it was tall, three-sided, and quickly attracted crowds of curious visitors before a premature destruction.
Unlike the others, this monolith was made of … gingerbread.
In the fashion of pop-up art, the 7-foot-tall monolith made of tasty, aromatic gingerbread mysteriously appeared in San Francisco and then (perhaps not surprisingly) collapsed the next day.
The tower, held together by the roof and decorated with a few drops of chewing gum, delighted the city on Friday when its existence was announced.
People walked to Corona Heights Park all day, even when light rain fell on the ephemeral edible art object. In a video posted online, someone took a bite of gingerbread.
Phil Ginsburg, head of the city’s recreation and parks department, told KQED that the site “looks like a great place to cook” and confirmed that his staff will not remove the monument “until the cookie is gone.” “.
It did so Saturday morning, the fitting end of what was surely a tribute to the discovery and rapid disappearance of a gleaming metal monolith in the Utah red rock desert last month. It became a topic of worldwide fascination as it evoked the film “2001: A Space Odyssey” and sparked speculation about its worldly origins before unknown people violently dismantled it.
A similar metal structure was found and quickly disappeared on a hill in northern Romania. Days later, another monolith was discovered on top of a road in Atascadero, California, but was later destroyed by a group of youths, city officials said.