Georgia Guidestones: Unknown people blow up mysterious stone monument in USA

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Shot of the Georgia Guidestones explosion

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The Georgia Guidestones have been a mystery for years - now unknown persons have blown up the mysterious stone monument in the US state of Georgia.

For security reasons, the remains of the stelae near the county seat of Elberton were then completely demolished, the Georgia Criminal Investigation Department said on Wednesday evening (local time).

Surveillance video showed the explosion and a car driving away shortly after.

The Georgia Guidestones consisted of granite steles, a central column and a roof slab.

Because of the similarity to the Stone Age cult site in England, the monument was also referred to as "American Stonehenge".

Ten commandments were engraved on the steles in English, Spanish, Swahili, Hindi, Hebrew, Arabic, Chinese and Russian.

Among other things, it read: "Keep humanity under 500 million in constant balance with nature" and "Don't be a cancer for this earth, leave room for nature."

»Lots of speculation and conspiracy theories about the true purpose of the Guidestones«

According to the Elbert County Chamber of Commerce, an unknown man commissioned the monument from a local granite company.

At the time, he posed as representing a "small group of loyal Americans who believe in God."

She wants to leave a message for future generations.

The almost six meter high monument was erected in 1980.

There has been much speculation about the Georgia Guidestones.

"The identities and intentions of the people who commissioned them are unknown," Katie McCarthy of the non-governmental organization Anti-Defamation League told NPR radio.

"This has contributed to a lot of speculation and conspiracy theories over the years as to the true purpose of the Guidestones."

A 2015 documentary suggested links between the unknown client and racist groups.

Republican candidate Kandiss Taylor, on the other hand, called the Georgia Guidestones satanic in the 2022 gubernatorial campaign and announced that the steles would be destroyed if she won the election.

“God is God alone.

He can do anything he wants to do.

This also includes tearing down the satanic Guidestones,” she wrote on Twitter.

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