A new monolith has mysteriously appeared in San Francisco – although it may not be the type you’d expect if you’ve been paying attention to the news recently.
Instead of the smooth-sided metal monolith seen in Utah and later in other parts of the world, San Francisco received a more peculiar version. In particular, this monolith appears to be made of … gingerbread.
Posts about the gingerbread structure seen in Corona Heights Park circulated on social media on Friday morning Twitter user @RaemondBW saw the monolith and confirmed to SFGATE that it does, in fact, appear to be made of gingerbread and real icing.
They described it as triangular in shape “like Utah’s” and about 3 meters high.
A monolith made of gingerbread appeared at the top of Corona Heights Park on Friday morning.
Anand SharmaOthers who saw the monolith guessed that the monolith was about 5 or 6 feet tall, however. Anand Sharma discovered this during a morning jog in the park at around 7:30 am
“I think I smelled it before I actually saw it, it must have been fresh,” he told SFGATE in a message on Twitter.
“At first, I was distracted by the double rainbow and went through it to take a better picture,” he added in a later message. “Then I smelled something and realized what it was.”
Alexis Gallagher also found the sweet monolith around 8:25 am on Friday morning, confirming that it was made of honey bread, icing and chewing gum.
“I saw it from a distance as I approached the park, which I visit often,” Gallagher told SFGATE in a Twitter message. “I wasn’t sure what it was … I took a closer look and it looks like there’s a plywood skeleton underneath, but I try not to think about these mundane realities.”
Gallagher added that he needed to “stop my dog from nibbling”.
Others in the area shared their own photos and reactions to discovering the monolith via Twitter:
This is perhaps the most fun version of a monolith that has happened since the discovery of a monolith in Utah more than a month ago. The appearance of the monolith amidst the red rocks of Utah fueled a fierce debate about its origins, before mysteriously disappearing 10 days after it was found – although a group has claimed that it is responsible for removing it. Other metal monoliths have appeared in other parts of the world, including Romania and Atascadero, California. (OK, since we are on the subject, this structure does not technically count as a monolith, as some have pointed out. It consists of several pieces of gingerbread instead of one, but … let’s just pretend.)
Unfortunately, those looking to take a look at the tower of baked gingerbread monoliths may be out of luck: Sharma noted that it started raining in San Francisco at 11:30 am, writing: “… I’m not sure what happens to the gingerbread in the rain but it’s probably not good. “