| NAME | CITY | DATE |
| lynda | wvc | 2008-03-12 |
Look it up on th wikipedia =D
The sculptor was Swedish, named Karl Momen.
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| lynda | wvc | 2008-03-12 |
Look it up on th wikipedia =D
The sculptor was Swedish, named Karl Momen.
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| Douglas | Wadsworth,
Ohio | 2007-08-12 |
I'm an expert on subliminal messaging in advertising. I was editing some
television commercials for review the other night and was doing some research.
There is a commercial currently airing for Levitra. In my examination of the
commercial, I found at least three instances of where the "Utah Tree of Life" is
flashed at 1/100th of a second. I guess they are using this as some phallic
reference. As if to say, "take this drug and your nether regions will be akin
to the size and fortitude of the "Tree of Life". Really corporate America, you
have gone to far on this one. Next thing you know, there will be a reality
based television show based on this sculpture......."Who Wants to Guess What
This Is?" By the way Mr. Molnar, Art Bell actually helped Karl with funding on
this sculpture so the guess about the all-night radio show may not be that far
fetched. Good night sweet tree!
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| Tom Molnar | Carson City,
NV | 2007-08-06 |
I'm a truck driver and I run between Reno and Salt Lake City three times a week.
I just LOVE to hear truck drivers (who haven't a clue as to what the "Tree of
Utah" is) on the CB come up with all kinds of stories. It's a camouflaged cell
tower, it's a tribute to a billionaires family that died in a car crash there, a
UFO power pole, and my favorite - a direct line to the Art Bell/George Noori
all-night radio show. And if enough bored drivers are all going the same
direction, the stories get absolutely outlandish (and funny). Long live the Tree
of Utah!
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Douglas/JT/De
rek | parts unknown | 2007-08-05 |
My dear Emily,
Either you are closing your mind to a situation that you do
not wish to acknowledge, or you are unaware of the caliber of importance of this
tree! I dreamt of this tree and a string of numbers associated with it, so I
played these numbers at my local Squishy Mart and unexpectedly to my surprise I
WON OVER Twenty dollars!!!! BEWARE EMILY OF THE POWER THAT THIS DAMN TREE
HARNESSES!!!!!!! We are planning a tree gathering sometime this Oct. we invite
you and one guest to our weekend visual unto wich you might be called upon to
act as a spirit guide/Sacrifice. The natives in this part of the desert used to
call corn "Maize". and their presence will definetely be felt upon arrival. So
in closing, bring 2000 dollars/a baby photo of yourself and a willingness to get
jiggy wit it!
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| Emily | Philadelphia | 2007-08-03 |
My parents live in SLC, and last winter we were all around for the holidays. One
morning we packed into the car to take a hike, which required us to drive
through Wendover and the salt flats. On our way there the weather turned from
cold to just plain crappy - sleet and freezing rain almost the whole way. It
truly felt like we were hallucinating when we whizzed past this huge, ugly
sculpture IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE! I'm happy to have found reference to it
online. I took some photos but they were so bad I couldn't really tell what the
thing was.
It's hilarious to me that this hideous thing exists, pulled out
of the mind of some dude from Sweden, and some people still have such reverence
for it.
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| Derek | Crackon,
ILL. | 2007-06-18 |
I honestly don't even know how to start this story. I'm getting goose-bumps just
thinking about it. So here it goes.... About two weeks ago my six year old son
told me of a dream he was having about the "Ball Tree" he called it. This
vision seems to have taken control of his everday thoughts and fears. He then
showed me a picture he drew of it! There is no way in hell! he could of seen
that tree before! My family is part Amish and we don't have any Internet
connections or Electricity for that matter!! But God be praised HE DREW IT!!!
then just last week a good brethen of mine showed me a book titled "Vision in
the desert" Sweet Lil' Lord Baby Savior" It's all about that damn Sculpture! I
plan on taking him there this summer, but I fear something might happen to
us/just him, when we get there! Please JT or Douglas do you offer any insight?
let me know ASAP???
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| BUBBA | Detroit,
Michigan | 2007-06-14 |
I first saw this sculpture way back in 1990. It had planted itself in my memory.
I have driven though the flats many times since then and had either driven
through the night and missed it or more likely been sleeping and missed it. I
just drove through the flats recently and was not about to miss it again! So I
parked my semi-truck, and took a few pix. Now when I mention this amazing and
oddly placed sculpture, I have pictures to prove I'm not on psychedlics
(anymore) and this thing is for real!!!
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| Douglas | Wadsworth,
Ohio | 2007-05-31 |
Karl Momen received many grants and endowments that helped him construct the
sculpture. He also put in some of his own money as well. I seen this sculpture
in my dreams every night. Yes Paul, for God's sake, watch out for Rod Serling
and his safety! For some, yes, the sculpture can be quite a bit too much.
That's why you have to take this sculpture in moderation. Long live the tree!!!
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| Paul Burkett | Henderson, TN | 2007-05-31 |
Thank you TS from Wisconsin. That last 73 mile drive from the west side of Salt
Lake City or the 26 Miles from Wendover must have been a bit much for some of
the disturbed drivers. I can only hope that they drive carefully so as not to
hurt Rod Serling, should he be riding with them. I've passed the thing many
many times and it's always intriguing to see such a structure out in the middle
of nowhere. (2 miles west of the "James Britt" iron sign. It's constructed with
materials indigenous to Utah. The only thing I thought strange was "how Karl
Momen, an Iranian born Swedish artist came to build and PAY FOR this structure".
I'm just glad he did.
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| Douglas | Wadsworth, OH
| 2007-04-20 |
As I was engaging in some astral projection the other day, I found myself flying
across the country and my astral-self landed right on top of the Utah Tree of
Life. Great view from the top! However, even in my astral form, I couldn't
stay to close to the sculpture for very long as I was starting to feel deep dark
strange forces at work attempting to severe the astral cord from my projection
to my physical body. It was almost as it wanted me to be lost in limbo for
eternity and to lose myself within it's "bally branches". Oh Utah Tree of
Life...how your torment me so!!
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| Douglas | Wadsworth,
Ohio | 2007-04-20 |
I woke up last night from a strange dream in which the Utah Tree of Life...came
to life...and chased me around the salt flats until it cornered me in a ravine
and fell down on me. Instead of being crushed, the huge tennis ball "leaves"
became mushy and engulfed me and I BECAME a part of the Utah Tree of Life
destined to stand alone in the dessert for eons watching passerbys and reading
their minds with always the one single constant thought that transcends time and
space......."what the hell is that?"
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| blesefske | silver spring
md | 2007-04-06 |
I took a picture of this on a cross country trip. it took me along time to
figure out what this is.
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Brad
Greenwood | Stockton, CA | 2007-03-09 |
I've motored past this thing many times. It's the only thing for miles uglier
than the terrain.
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| paulo | recife | 2007-02-14 |
i love this city!!!!
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| Jay | SLC,Utah | 2006-10-22 |
I just always thought the guy who built it had been out in the sun way too long.
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| Jean | everywhere | 2006-09-14 |
I was on the seccond week of a two-way cross country trip when I saw this giant
lolly pop tree... My friend in the car said it was watching her, and I couldn't
bring myself to stop. it was much to creaptastic. Thanks for the explanation
and speculation.
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| james sellers | jackson ms. | 2006-08-26 |
driving a truck. i never could find out what it was.
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| Cyndie | Nashville, TN | 2006-08-21 |
MY son is travelling through the area, and he told me to look it up. I don't
know about travel portals and subsonic frequencies, but he did say too much
caffeine and long road trips were probably coloring his perspective, and might
also be the reason for the slight dizziness. But who really knows?!!! This is
the kind of stuff the X-Files and Stephen King stories are made up of. Nothing
more seemingly benign, yet so terribly sinister as multi-colored tennis balls
hanging on a tree in the middle of Nowhere, Utah. Hopefully it doesn't contain
any sacred relics from the ancients or aliens, because my son picked up a small
souvenir or two from his memorable visit. I'm sure this may eventually send him
to the seventh level of Hell or something worse.
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| Douglas | Wadsworth,
Ohio | 2006-07-24 |
JT is right TS. I also feel very crazy after being subjected to the subsonic
frequencies it puts out. And no, we live in Ohio nowhere near a desert. We
only saw it a couple of times, but the experience was just way to freaky not to
ignore. I think it may also serve as some type of time travel portal to another
dimension or the outter reaches of the universe. I feel like I have to engage
in some transcendental meditation after being too close to it. If you put your
ear up to it, you hear a faint hum like something is inside working its way to
get out and wreak havoc on the world and if that ever happens.......God help us
all. Perhaps you need to go again TS and get a better perspective. Peace out
uncle JT!!
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| Brian McKeon | Gilroy, CA | 2006-06-26 |
My wife and I drive past this thing once a year on our way to visit my parents
in Colorado. The first time it was unexpected, and I thought it might just be a
creative way to dress up a cell tower, but abandoned that idea when I saw the
"Peels" on the ground. I always look forward to seeing it. It always makes me
wonder "What the heck is this thing and who would put it out here?" Thanks for
shedding some light.
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| TS | Milwaukee, WI | 2006-06-23 |
You people are cracking me up. Yes, it's a striking installation in the middle
of nowhere. It's a very interesting experience to come upon it unexpectedly; a
real delight. But subsonic frequencies and feelings of fainting? You've been
out in the sun on the salt flats way too long.
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| JT | El Paso | 2006-06-22 |
I saw it. There's something emotionally disturbing, very much like subsonic
frequencies that drive you to murder, or stroboscopic lights which cause the
brain to seize. It may be in the math: the proportions may be deliberately evil
by distortion of natural ratios or something. But it was upsetting, and I even
get the unomfortable feeling just looking at the picture here and remembering.
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| Douglas | Wadsworth,
Ohio | 2006-04-17 |
I visited this sculpture after reading about it on the internet. Many different
people on many different sites (including this one) talk about a spooky or
uneasy feeling they get when they are close to this object. I felt exactly the
same way. It is so unexpected in such a devoid area that it just boggles the
mind as to why it is there and just doesn't "feel right" and has a way of making
your internal balance feel off kilter when looking at it or being close to it.
When I touched it, I actually felt faint and almost passed out. I think that
this could also be some alien landmarker that causes humans to go all gooey
inside when they see it. Just typing about it right now is making me feel
uneasy, spooky, and just not right. Help!!
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| Victor | Washington,
MO | 2006-04-05 |
Every Thursday on our way to Wendover we would see this "art work" at sunset.
Pretty amazing (and unexpected) sight and it always sparked a discussion of
"What, Why and How?". Thanks for the Web link to the Artist and the close-up of
the plaque! Gotta love the "why not" aspect of human nature....
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| Spence | Roy,Ut. | 2006-03-16 |
On Feb.14,2006 My new bride and I stopped at the tree and dance at sunset. Man
she looked beautiful in her wedding dress . I wish I could find a picture of the
tree at sunset ...
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| Rick | NYC, NY | 2006-02-27 |
I 1991 i rode my Honda Goldwing from NY to LA and Back.
On the way home i road
through the salt flats, in the distance a object ... in a place void of any
other protrusions. I believed I was seeing a mirage
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| Tim K | Bethel Park,
PA | 2005-07-08 |
I was in Salt Lake City on business and decided to drive out to the Salt Flat
one evening. I came acoss this sculpture and got out to check it out. I got a
very strange feeling standing in the middle of the flats with this piece. There
was one lone bird sitting on one the shells on the ground, and I felt like the
bird wanted me to leave. I threw a coin into the flats as a way of saying thank
you to the "place." I did not feel comfortable. Anyone else get that
sensation?
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Claude J Paul
M | LYON FRANCE | 2005-07-05 |
I'am sad , because when I was driving this highway , it was no place to stop to
take a picture of this superb sculpture and its surroundings . PLEASE A
PARKING !!!!
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| Thomas R | Sandy, Utah | 2005-06-16 |
I always wondered what this strange looking sculpture was. It stands out in the
middle of nowhere and seemed like a mystery untill I did some research. Its not
the most apealing thing but its still kinda cool. Thanks for the info.
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| Larry Kellogg | Laytonville
CA | 2005-06-05 |
On June 2, I drove through with my sweetie and were amazed to see this huge
sculpture. The flats were covered with water after a good sized rain
storm,which was also amazing. Since I didn't have time to stop I thought I
would just look it up on the net, and voila!
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| Larry Kellogg | Laytonville
CA | 2005-06-05 |
On June 2, I drove through with my sweetie and were amazed to see this huge
sculpture. The flats were covered with water after a good sized rain
storm,which was also amazing. Since I didn't have time to stop I thought I
would just look it up on the net, and voila!
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| Dave | Portland, OR | 2005-03-30 |
I was hoping someone would have a good picture! It was raining when I drove by
that thing. Here's what it looks like from
space:
http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.aspx?T=1&S=10&Z=12&X=1422&Y=225
61&W=1
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| Bob B | Darwin,
Australia | 2005-03-13 |
Drove past the "Tennis Tree" in August 2004 and have finally found some
reference to it.We were pushed for time and did not stop but got a couple of
photos as we passed. This finally clears up the mystery or adds to the
intrigue.
Thank you.
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| Derek George | New smyrna
beach Fl | 2004-12-14 |
this so bizarre and memorable it defies comment
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| Mac Noffman | Provo | 2004-03-17 |
I never understood that thing myself. keep on keepin on!
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