This large, megaphone-shaped mystery object is bolted to two rocks on top of a 100-foot hill along a remote strip of desert between the towns of Baker and Ludlow. It’s about 8 feet long, made from thick strips of iron welded together. Many travelers and historians alike have searched for an explanation of how it got there, and for what reason. But while theories abound, the answer remains elusive.
One theory suggests that the megaphone was used to amplify a siren that alerted locals when the U.S. Army was conducting secret chemical or gas testing in the area. Another wildly different theory posits that visitors would hike out there and stretch a skin over the ends of the object to play it like a drum. Whatever the origins, catching a glimpse of this mysterious “megaphone” atop the rocks is a strange and unexpected sight indeed.
There are more pictures available if you care to follow the link. Better yet, just go to the AtlasObscura.com site and look it up.
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6 comments:
Very strange!
Looks like there would have been some old person who knew the story.
Interesting. Gives you something to think about doesn't it. Surprised no one knows what it was for.
See you in the kitchen to throw this one around the table
Hey Mamahen...
That it is, that it is !
Thanks for stopping by this morning!
Hey Gorges...
Maybe they know but just are keeping quiet, ya know?
Thanks for coming over today!
Hey Jo...
Certainly is a little food for thought!
Thanks dear, for dropping by today!
I put it on my list, I need to go see that. (things on my list get turned into points on a map, I check that map where we're going somewhere to see if there is anything I wanted to see along the way.
I went to the web site. Before I saw the up close picts I was thinking some sort of convergent or divergent duct, after seeing the mount I think it's art.
Nice find!
Looks like a rocket engine. Maybe it is and it was bolted down so it wouldn't fly away when they ran tests with it.
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