She also told the Associated Press, '...those same forces that made it eventually would contribute to its demise', adding the possibility that weather may be the culprit with the fall of the Cobra Rock Formation in Moab Utah.
According to the AP, the Cobra Rock Formation in Moab Utah is now closed to climbers and hikers.
Before its fall, it was reportedly considered safe and not in immediate danger of toppling.
Crandall said, 'It wasn't like it was teetering or tottering or anything like that.'
According to Reuters, she added in an email that there have also been no reports of injuries or damage. Witnesses were not present during the crumbling as well.
Reuters report that the Cobra Rock Formation in Moab Utah was only amongst dozens of rock formations in the Fisher Towers region of the Colorado River Special Recreation area. The Cobra is seen as a thin spire standing at around 50-feet high.
It has been tradition in Moab that reports like the Cobra Rock Formation in Moab Utah would pop out as an April Fools' Day joke. But since April is long gone, there can be no doubt about this unfortunate happening.
According to the AP, when word came out online that the Cobra Rock Formation in Moab Utah had fallen, some people still hesitated to believe the news.
One climber said, 'Alas, it was no prank, the Cobra was beheaded.'
However, according to some climbers in the know, it was already expected for the Cobra Rock Formation in Moab Utah to lose its head sooner or later.
Lisa Hathaway, a veteran climber, told the Salt Lake Tribune, 'It was really a surprise to no one that that tower, at least the cap rock, was going to come off at some point in time.'
According to an email sent by Hathaway to Reuters, rumors of the Cobra Rock Formation in Moab Utah losing its head only began circulating after a storm on Jul. 28.
Located about 20 miles northeast of Moab, the once grand rock formation now looks like a sad stump against a desert backdrop.
Cobra Rock Formation in Moab Utah is not the first historical formation to have fallen due to natural causes, said Crandall. In 2008, another towering rock fell in Arches National Park. In July on the same park, a 12-foot slab of sandstone also fell, reports the Desert News.
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