23 Creepy Colossal Monuments That Put Humanity In Perspective

19. The Giant Hand of the Desert – Chile

Emerging from the Atacama Desert like a supernatural relic, La Mano del Desierto (The Hand of the Desert) is a 36-foot (11-meter) tall stone hand reaching toward the sky. Created by Chilean sculptor Mario Irarrázabal, the monument is meant to symbolize human suffering, isolation, and helplessness. However, its gigantic size and eerie placement in the middle of the world’s driest desert make it feel almost alien. The sheer emptiness of the surrounding landscape amplifies the hand’s haunting presence, leaving visitors with the chilling impression that something enormous is trying to claw its way out of the Earth.