OTTAWA: A mysterious monolith — similar to ones that have appeared briefly in the Utah desert, on a heath in the Netherlands, in Warsaw and on a Romanian hilltop — has now popped up in Toronto.

Canadian media said the four-meter (12-foot) tall shiny metal structure, which appeared to be hollow, was spotted on the city’s shore on New Year’s Eve.

Similar ones were also recently reported in Vancouver and in the midwestern city of Winnipeg.

Images posted on social media describing it as “Mono-terrific” showed Toronto’s downtown including the iconic CN Tower in the distance.

Local residents were giddy, eager to get a glimpse of the installation that some suggested online was either “rogue art,” left by aliens, or a promotion for an upcoming film.

Published in Dawn, January 2nd, 2021

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