A stone monument in rural Georgia that some Christians cling to was dismantled on Wednesday after a bomb blow before dawn reduced one of its four granite panels to rubble. The monument was referred to as "America's Stonehenge" by some, and branded as satanic by others.
According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, an explosive device damaged a Georgia Guide stones monument close to Elberton. The monument was later removed "for safety reasons," leaving a mound of wreckage in a photo released by the investigators.
Photos taken by onlookers shortly after 4 a.m. showed a sharp explosion, blowing up a single panel of debris. The police also made a video of a silver car driving away from a monument public.
According to Vice President of the Elbert Granite Association Chris Kubas, when the property was destroyed, video cameras in the vicinity were installed and connected to the neighborhood emergency dispatch center.
Under the moniker R.C. A Christian, an unidentified person or organization commissioned the construction of the picturesque sidewalk in 1980 out of a nearby desert.
Since it is unknown who supplied the guiding stones, they have a certain air of mystery, according to Katie McCarthy, a researcher for the Anti-Defamation League. And that has contributed to many rumors and conspiracies throughout the years about the true function of the steering stones.
The five-foot-tall (16-foot) panels are a guide to life's "years of thinking" and include a 10-part message in eight different languages. The other half advocated for "direct reproduction judiciously - to promote resilience and diversity," while the first half advocated for keeping the world's population at 500 million or less.
Both a sundial and an astronomical calendar can be used with it. However, it was the panel debates on population control, eugenics, and world governance that exposed them as the targets of conspiracies.
According to Kubas, the monument's notoriety started to gain traction as the internet proliferated, and thousands of people visit it every year as a result.
When third Republican candidate Kandiss Taylor claimed the guiding stones were satanic and partially destroyed his stadium during the Georgian state election on May 24, the region attracted new interest. The satirist John Oliver and Taylor partially displayed the guiding stones in late May. Alex Jones and other right-wing figures, according to McCarthy, had discussed it in the past, but Taylor put them back on the public's radar.
"There is only one God. He may engage in activities he chooses not to, "On Wednesday, Taylor posted on social media. That also entails clearing the Satanic Guidestones.
The monument had previously been destroyed, including when it was painted in 2008 and 2014, according to McCarthy. Another instance of how conspiracy theories "have and may have an impact on the real world," he claimed, was the bombing.
According to McCarthy, "We have seen this with Qanoon and many other conspiracy theories, that these concepts can motivate a person to attempt to develop these views." "They can attempt to identify individuals and organizations founded on these false beliefs."
Kubas and many others saw the stones as yet another kind of instruction for reestablishing civilization after the end of the world.
Kubas remarked, "It's your definition of how you want to view them.
The location is close to the South Carolina state line, around 7 miles (11 km) north of Elberton and 90 kilometers (145 miles) east of Atlanta. According to Kubas, granite mining is a significant sector of the South African economy and employs roughly 2,000 locals.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Elbert County Sheriff's deputies, and Elberton police are a few of the organizations looking into what happened. The nearby provincial highway was temporarily stopped as bomb specialists were called in to examine the evidence.
No suspects have been found.
If he was present, Kubas added, local government authorities and community leaders would have to select who would pay the money.
"Kuba said, if you didn't like it, you didn't have to come see it and read it. Sadly, someone made the decision that he didn't want anyone to read it.
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