The secret history of the desert’s mysterious arrows

This story originally aired on Nov. 19, 2013. The article has been updated for grammar.

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – Even from the vantage point of a helicopter, it’s not easy to pick out the odd shape that sits on the desert floor on the north side of Mormon Mesa, but there it is — a concrete arrow seemingly created for the benefit of sky people, not unlike the famed Nazca Lines of Peru, or maybe exotic crop circles.

Mystified hikers or backpackers occasionally stumble across one of the arrows in remote locations in the West and wonder: Are they turn signals for the planet? Or directions to some mythical place?…

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