According to HistoryLink.org, a mysterious metallic monolith discovered at Magnuson Park on Jan. 1, 2001, quickly became one of Seattle’s strangest public art moments — and vanished just as unexpectedly.
Early that New Year’s Day morning, visitors to Magnuson Park noticed a tall, oblong metallic object standing atop Kite Hill.
The structure measured roughly three feet wide and nine feet tall and appeared to be hollow…