Often compared to the stones of Stonehenge, the famous English prehistoric site, the Georgia Guidestones have been at the heart of conspiracy theories since their construction in 1980. Around 4 a.m. on July 6, an explosion destroyed part of the building. This Stonehenge made in USA was the pride of Elberton, a town of 5,000 inhabitants in northeast Georgia, some 170 km from Atlanta.
The day after the attack, county police posted CCTV clips on Twitter that show a gray vehicle leaving the scene minutes after the blast. The remains of the structure have been razed ” For safety reasons “, she explained. Investigators have announced that several people are involved in the explosion, without giving further details on their identity.
(2/3) The videos show the explosion and a car leaving the scene shortly after the explosion. No one was injured. https://t.co/8YNmEML9fW
Secrets of the Georgia Guidestones
Perched on the highest point of the county, the five steles of almost six meters high presented ten commandments supposed to prevent an apocalyptic future, repeated in eight living languages and in four dead languages. These precepts proposed in particular to “keep humanity below 500 million people, for the sake of perpetual balance with nature” or even“uniting humanity with a new language”. Like a sun clock, notches marked the structure to orient it in relation to the North Star or the solstices.
The mysterious aspect of this monument was also due to the fact that its creators remained unknown, as did their personal motivations. In 1979, a man presenting himself under the pseudonym of Robert C. Christian had entrusted the construction of the building to the Elberton Granite Association. Only Wyatt Martin, the president of the Granite City Bank, knows to this day the true identity of Robert C. Christian. But the banker signed a confidentiality clause intended to preserve the anonymity of his client. Wyatt Martin only reported that this man claimed a “small group of faithful Americans”, whose project, moreover extremely precise, would have emerged after twenty years of reflection. Joe Fendley, the director of the construction company, had nevertheless tried to discourage the man named Robert C. Christian, considering him disturbed, by offering him an estimate several times higher than the usual cost, tells the American magazine Wired. In vain.
Over forty years of fascination
Place of prayer for some, like the singer Yoko Ono, or figure of the Antichrist for others, the Georgia Guidestones will have unleashed passions. They have regularly been the target of vandalism. In 2008, the inscription “Death to the New World Order” was painted there. This conspiracy theory refers to the idea that a despotic planetary government seeks to dominate peoples.
Three years earlier, the conspiratorial author Mark Dice had relied on this theory to explain the origin of the building. His call to “smash into a thousand pieces” the set of six rocks had produced the opposite effect: the site had then become the main tourist attraction of the region.
In June, a pastor also called for the destruction of the Guidestones, accusing them of being the cause of genocide, abortion and contraception. In the same vein, the sulphurous and conspiratorial radio host Alex Jones criticized the stones for wanting “annihilate humans”. Some conspiracy theses associate the Covid-19 epidemic with the statue. Granite boulders have even interfered with the agenda of Republican gubernatorial primary candidate Kandiss Taylor. The one who campaigned under the slogan “Jesus, Guns, Babies”had called for the demolition of this monument “satanic” in a clip posted on his Twitter account.
I am the ONLY candidate bold enough to stand up to the Luciferian Cabal. Elect me Governor of Georgia, and I will… https://t.co/mTBzWOKyHO
Kandiss Taylor, however, denied any connection to the July 5 explosion and simply commented: “God is God and no one else. He can do whatever he wants. » The losing candidate was backed by Trumpian figures, like pro-QAnon lawyer Lin Wood.