Loeffler aide’s tragic mystery
‘Stunt artists’ built cryptic columns
It could take “some time” to learn what led to the three-car crash that killed a young aide to Sen. Kelly Loeffler, Georgia police told The Post Saturday.
Harrison Deal (inset), an aide for Loeffler and an exintern for Sen. David Perdue, was killed Friday in the fiery wreck on I-16 in Pooler, near Savannah.
“The investigation is underway and may take some time,” according to Pooler police spokeswoman Lindsey Heintzman, who initially said the probe could take more than a month.
There were only three people involved in the crash, each driving one of the vehicles. The other two drivers were treated at the scene for minor injuries and released, Heintzman said.
Deal, 20, a student at the University of Georgia, was also a close family friend of Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, who called him a “Kemp son and brother we never had.”
President Trump called Kemp early Saturday to express his condolences.
Deal was also friends with Kemp’s 19-year-old daughter, Lucy, a fellow University of Georgia student.
“He was so special to me and I can’t imagine my life without him. . . . I truly believe I got a glimpse of Heaven in my time with Harrison,” Lucy Kemp said.
Deal graduated from Bulloch Academy in Statesboro, Ga., where his dad, Curt Deal, is a Bulloch County commissioner, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
Deal got his start in politics working for his dad’s campaign. “Like the sign says, he’s the most honest, dependable, and experienced candidate on the ballot!!” Deal wrote about his dad on Facebook.
The mystery of the monolith has been solved.
The world watched in wonder when a metal monolith was discovered in the southern Utah desert last month by wildlife officials who were counting sheep from a helicopter — stumping the federal Bureau of Land Management.
Two weeks after it appeared, the monolith was dismantled by four men, but not before more popped up, in Romania and on Pine Mountain in Atascadero, Calif.
While the monoliths have sparked countless alien theories, a small community of “stunt artists” have now seemingly claimed responsibility and are even offering up more . . . for a hefty $45,000.
The artists group known as The Most Famous Artist posted a photo of the Utah monolith on their Instagram account Friday with the caption, “monolith as a service.”
The photo included specs, stating, “Authentic dimensions and museum quality materials; edition of 3+1 artist proof; delivery and installation included; Blockchain certification of authenticity, signed and dated ‘ The Most Famous Artists 2020.’ ” It added that delivery would take four to six weeks.
Later in the day the group posted Instagram pics of news articles about them — before adding a photo of yet another monolith, this one in Joshua Tree National Park.
“ANOTHER Monolith outside of Joshua Tree. That makes 4. What does it mean?” the caption read.
Their final post of the day featured a masked artist making one of the monoliths, captioned, “You mean it wasn’t aliens?!”
Followers asked, “Was it you?”
The group repeatedly responded, “If by you you mean us, yes.”
In an interview with Mashable, the founder of the artists collective, Matty Mo, said he didn’t post a picture of the Romanian monolith online because “I only had three spots for photos on my site.”
Mo, who has been tweeting about the monolith, “would neither confirm nor deny that he was taking credit, and wouldn’t share additional proof,” Mashable reported.
“I am not able to say much because of legalities of the original installation,” Mo wrote. “I can say we are well known for stunts of this nature . . . I can promise more on this in the coming days and weeks.”
Meanwhile, potential collaborator Carlos Estrada posted on Instagram, “did me and @themostfamousartist make the monolith?” to which The Most Famous Artist responded in their own story: “NOT NO.”
Mashable noted photographer Erik Junke could be another collaborator, pointing out that Junke posted images of the California desert tagged “#monolith.” Her photos were reposted by The Most Famous Artist and captioned, “Are people talking about monoliths or something? It’s like they didn’t see it coming.”