In an end as mysterious as their beginning, the controversial Georgia Guidestones – a roadside monument dubbed “America’s Stonehenge” – have been levelled after a suspected bombing.
The Guidestones, which were erected in 1980 in Elbert County, Georgia at the behest of an enigmatic benefactor calling himself “R.C. Christian”, contained 10 guidelines in several languages suspected to be instructions for rebuilding civilisation after global catastrophe.
Conservative Christians have long condemned the Guidestones (pictured below in happier times, image by Quentin Melson used under CC BY-SA 4.0) and their inscription as “Satanic”, and they were often defaced; failed Republican gubernatorial candidate Kandiss Taylor released a campaign ad earlier this year calling for their demolition.
Now Ms Taylor appears to have gotten her wish, because one of the Guidestones’ four pillars was destroyed in an explosion in the early hours of Thursday 6 July (local time), with the remaining structure pulled down for safety reasons later in the day.
While she hailed the blast as God “striking down” the stones, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation is focusing instead on a silver sedan seen driving away from the site, suggesting it believes the driver a more likely culprit (and certainly one easier to arrest).
Meanwhile, not to alarm anyone, but between this and the Sessho-seki back in March, 2022 has not been a good year for supposedly-cursed stones…
