Officials Demolish 'Georgia Guidestones' Following Explosion

Updated 7/6/22

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) has reported that the mysterious Georgia Guidestones have been demolished following an explosion early Wednesday morning.

According to a Facebook post by the GBI, “preliminary information indicates that unknown individuals detonated an explosive device at around 4:00 a.m. on Wednesday, July 6th. 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. GBI EOD [Explosive Ordnance Disposal] are on scene conducting their examination of the site.”

The explosion severely damaged the structure, although it did not completely destroy the Guidestones. Authorities decided to demolish the remaining structure for “safety reasons.”

Later the same day, the GBI released surveillance video from the area, which showed the explosion and a car leaving the scene shortly thereafter.

There have been no reported injuries.

The Georgia Guidestones have sparked the imaginations of both the curious and the conspiracy-minded since they were first erected outside of Elberton, Georgia, in 1980.

Funded anonymously by a man operating under the pseudonym R.C. Christian—who claimed to represent “a small group of Americans who seek the Age of Reason”—the large stone monument acted as a calendar, clock, compass, and set of tablets to display the secretive group’s message.

Inscribed on different faces of the stone in eight languages—including English, Spanish, Swahili, Hindi, Hebrew, Arabic, Traditional Chinese, and Russian—were instructions:

Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature.
Guide reproduction wisely, improving fitness and diversity.
Unite humanity with a living new language.
Rule passion, faith, tradition, and all things with tempered reason.
Protect people and nations with fair laws and just courts.
Let all nations rule internally, resolving external disputes in a world court.
Avoid petty laws and useless officials.
Balance personal rights with social duties.
Prize truth, beauty, love ... seeking harmony with the infinite.
Be not a cancer on earth—leave room for nature—leave room for nature.

Speculation about the identity of R.C. Christian began soon after the monument’s construction, with some believing he was a member of the Rosicrucians—a reputed secret society of mystics said to have originated in late medieval Germany who reportedly claim to understand esoteric truths about nature, the universe, and the spiritual realm that are unknown by the general populace—while others suspect that he was a Luciferian working to institute the New World Order.

The former belief tends to encourage the idea that the Guidestones were put in place in order to organize a new society following an apocalyptic event, while the latter speaks to a satanic conspiracy which supposedly exists to wipe out the vast majority of the world’s population and then strictly control what remains.

In 2005, Mark Dice, author of a book entitled The Resistance Manifesto (published under the pseudonym John Conner), demanded that the Guidestones be destroyed because of their purportedly satanic origin.

"The elite are planning to develop successful life-extension technology in the next few decades that will nearly stop the aging process and they fear that with the current population of Earth so high, the masses will be using resources that the elite want for themselves," Dice said. "The Guidestones are the New World Order's Ten Commandments. They're also a way for the elite to get a laugh at the expense of the uninformed masses, as their agenda stands as clear as day and the zombies don't even notice it."

Dice’s conspiracy theory is a popular one with believers in QAnon, including Georgia gubernatorial candidate Kandiss Taylor.

Earlier this year, Taylor finished third with 3.4% of the vote in the Georgia Governor Republican Primary.

A key position in Taylor’s platform was what she called Executive Order #10.

This order, she promised, would be to demolish the Georgia Guidestones.

"For decades, the Global Luciferian Regime has seeped its way into our Government," reads a statement on her campaign website. "They demoralized us with humiliation rituals as they tore down our historical monuments, persecuted our children, locked us down in our homes, and forced us into becoming walking science experiments through a global vaccination program. They erected statues spelling out the exact plans they had for us, and today we the people of Georgia, say no more. It's time for us to return the favor. On my first day as Governor of Georgia, I will move to DEMOLISH the Demonic plans of our enemy. The Satanic agenda is NOT welcome in our state. Support my fight by contributing, and watch as I turn the Georgia Guidestones into dust!"

Following the explosion Wednesday morning, Taylor tweeted, “God is God all by Himself. He can do ANYTHING He wants to do. That includes striking down Satanic Guidestones.”

Years prior to the explosion, in 2008, the Guidestones were vandalized with messages including “You will not succeed … Jesus will beat u [sic] satanist” and “The elite want 80% of us dead … See #1” A nearby stone slab was also vandalized at the same time with the messages “Death to the New World Order” and “No one world government.”

This has led many to wonder if the explosion was perpetrated by believers in a satanic conspiracy, although so far, no suspects have been named by police.

God is God all by Himself. He can do ANYTHING He wants to do. That includes striking down Satanic Guidestones.
— Kandiss Taylor (@KandissTaylor) July 6, 2022

Authorities are asking anyone with information to contact the Elbert County Sheriff’s Office at (706) 283-2421 or the GBI Athens Office at (706) 552-2309.

Furthermore, anonymous tips can 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.

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