Silver monolith set on fire after mysterious appearance in Congo

Locals reportedly took selfies and discussed the possible origin of the structure before several picture and videos of people destroying the structure with sticks and fire flooded the internet.

Residents destroying the monolith that appeared in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo February 17, 2021. (Picture credit: Reuters).

A BBC report said the silver pillar was hollow inside, with the metal sheets spread over a frame.

Take a look at how people reacted to the latest monolith in Congo:

https://twitter.com/kimchil22626546/status/1362142655401111552

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Monoliths started popping up around the world after first being spotted in a Utah desert on November 10, last year.

Monoliths have also made mysterious appearances in the UK, Texas, Poland, Colombia and California. One was reported in India as well, at a park in Ahmedabad. A gingerbread monolith was spotted in San Francisco around Christmas, as well.

The structures started getting referred to as monoliths after a similar object made an appearance in Stanley Kubrick’s sci-fi epic ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’. In the film, the appearance of the monoliths precedes the evolution of mankind.

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