The Georgia Bureau of Investigation and Elbert County Sheriff’s Office are investigating an explosion that destroyed part of the Georgia Guidestones near Elberton, Ga. Wednesday.
The preliminary information indicates that unknown individuals detonated an explosive device at around 4 a.m. Wednesday, July 6, according to a GBI statement.
“Elbert County Sheriff’s Office personnel responded to discover the explosion destroyed a large portion of the structure. The Elbert County Sheriff’s Office asked the GBI to assist with the investigation,” the statement read.
Some people call the Georgia Guidestones an American Stonehenge, according to the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
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“Like ancient Stonehenge, the modern Guidestones serve as a celestial clock of sorts, recording the passage of time through special features. Unlike Stonehenge, however, the Guidestones contain a written message for humanity,” the website said.
“The four granite slabs, each weighing 42,137 pounds and standing more than sixteen feet in height, list ten ‘guides’ for mankind in eight different languages. The languages represented on the four major stones are Arabic, Chinese, English, Hebrew, Hindi, Russian, Spanish, and Swahili. The engraved messages can be subdivided into four major areas: governance and the establishment of a world government, population and reproduction control, the environment and humankind’s relationship to nature, and spirituality,” according to the website.
Unveiled in March 1980, they were commissioned by a man who called himself “R.C. Christian” although he admitted that was not his real name. The guidestones are controversial. Among the tenets of the guidestones include population control of under 500 million, uniting “humanity with a living new language” and letting “all nations rule internally resolving external disputes in a world court,” according to the website.
This investigation is active and ongoing. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Elbert County Sheriff’s Office at (706) 283-2421 or the GBI Athens Office at (706) 552-2309.
Anonymous tips can also be submitted by calling 1-800-597-TIPS (8477), online at https://gbi.georgia.gov/submit-tips-online, or by downloading the See Something, Send Something mobile app.
The GBI confirmed in a Tweet that the remaining guidestones were demolished for safety reasons.
(2/3) The videos show the explosion and a car leaving the scene shortly after the explosion. No one was injured. pic.twitter.com/8YNmEML9fW
— GA Bureau of Investigation (@GBI_GA) July 6, 2022
