What on earth is this message about? A website is documenting this strange ongoing mystery, a link’s at the end of this piece.

More than 100 mysterious plaques, which read “TOyNBEE IDEA IN KUbricK’s 2001 RESURRECT DEAD ON PLANET JUPiTER”, has been found in dozens of cities in the US and in some South American countries.

But what does it mean?

Some have called the markers the urban equivalent of crop circles. Others say they’re just quirky underground graffiti, some done by copycats.

No one has ever been caught or taken credit for this caper that dates back to at least the 1980s.

The NY Times had these details:

As the site explains, the English historian Arnold Joseph Toynbee, who died in 1975, sought to explain the history of civilization in terms of great cultural groups rather than nationalities. “The Toynbee Convector” is a book by Ray Bradbury about time travel.

Stanley Kubrick’s film “2001: A Space Odyssey” is a stark philosophical depiction of evolution and human and alien intelligence. Jupiter plays a role in “2010,” a sequel to “2001.”

More details are on cbc.ca:

In 1983, an article in The Philadelphia Inquirer told of a man named James Morasco who said Toynbee’s theory of bringing dead molecules back to life on Jupiter appeared in Kubrick’s 1968 film. Many have argued that no such reference exists, but Jupiter is part of the movie.

Toynbee was best known for his writings on the rise and fall of civilizations.
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St. Louis has three of the “Toynbee plaques,” or “tiles,” as they are often called. Kansas City has one. Philadelphia, the place where many people believe the strange practice of stamping the message on city streets began, has more than a dozen. A plaque in Santiago, Chile, lists an “A. Toynbee” and a Philadelphia address, but the address - while real - provided no solution.

Some have called the markers the urban equivalent of crop circles. Others say they’re just quirky underground graffiti, some done by copycats.

No one has ever been caught or taken credit for this caper that dates back to at least the 1980s.

Some sites think that it’s a lone tile sticker, possibly James Morasco (deceased) or an unknown Devon based English artist.

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Toynbee Website: www.toynbee.net
Resurrectdead Website: www.resurrectdead.com

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