Georgia Guidestones blown up

A reported explosion Wednesday at the Georgia Guidestones tourist attraction has caused significant damage and police have called a bomb squad to ...

"The names of four ancient languages are inscribed on the sides near the top: Babylonian cuneiform, Classical Greek, Sanskrit, and Egyptian Hieroglyphics, it added. "The Guidestones are mysterious in origin, for no one knows the identity of a group of sponsors who provided its specifications. Granite quarrying is a top local industry.

The bombing comes weeks after a Georgia Republican candidate for governor claimed the monument is satanic and called for their demolition.

That includes striking down Satanic Guidestones," Taylor tweeted Wednesday morning. Elberton Granite Association Executive Vice President Chris Kubas told news outlets the monument was significantly damaged. As of Wednesday afternoon, no arrests had been made in the case and the explosion remained under investigation by the sheriff's office and GBI.

The GBI is on the scene where they say an explosive device destroyed a large portion of the structure, often referred to as the "American Stonehenge."

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said an explosion destroyed the Georgia Guidestones Wednesday near Elberton.

For more than four decades, the Georgia Guidestones near Elberton Ga., has been an enigma. On Wednesday, the authorities said, “unknown individuals” ...

“I’m at a loss for words right now.” Despite the Guidestones’ mysterious aura, some local residents have said that they have little interest in them. For more than four decades, the Guidestones have towered over a field, fascinating and confounding many visitors. He added, “No one will ever know.” Shortly afterward, a car can be seen in the footage leaving the scene, according to the agency. For more than four decades, the Georgia Guidestones near Elberton Ga., have been an enigma.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said it doesn't know who is responsible for the explosion, which caused significant damage.

The monument has been the center of much speculation since 1979, when a man named Robert C. Christian who said he represented "a small group of loyal Americans" commissioned Elberton Granite Finishing to install it; it's unclear why. On Wednesday, after news broke about the explosion, Taylor tweeted, "God is God all by Himself. He can do anything He wants." People pull off the interstate and come and spend their money at local businesses after they look at a funny monument." In an email, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation told BuzzFeed News that unknown individuals detonated an explosive device at around 4 a.m. Wednesday at the Georgia Guidestones, destroying a large portion of the granite structure. "It's simply a tourist attraction," he continued. The 16-foot-tall stones are inscribed with 10 guidelines in eight modern languages and four ancient scripts, and they can be seen as a compass, calendar, survival guide for catastrophic events — or, particularly the message about keeping the global population to 500 million, as something more sinister.

ELBERTON, Ga. — A controversial rural Georgia monument dubbed by some as “America's Stonehedge” was bombed and ultimately demolished after an explosion ...

The roadside attraction was built in 1980 from local granite, commissioned by an unknown person or group under the pseudonym R.C. Christian.

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Unveiled in March 1980, the Georgia Guidestones is comprised of six astronomically aligned slabs of granite rising 19 feet, 3 inches.

A backhoe toppled what remained of the Guidestones, an Athens Banner-Herald report said. What is written on the Georgia Guidestones? What is the Georgia Guidestones? Monday Mystery: What was behind the creation of the Georgia Guidestones? 2015: Blood on the Georgia Guidestones? What happened to the Georgia Guidestones?

Investigators from several law enforcement agencies converged on a rural site east of Atlanta on Wednesday seeking clues to an explosion they say heavily ...

Official descriptions say the origins of the monument are shrouded in mystery. A large number of investigators and their vehicles were visible at the scene, about 100 miles (160.93 km) east of Georgia's capital. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com

The stone monuments, located in a rural area near Elberton, Georgia, were largely taken down by a detonation early this morning. Authorities are blaming “ ...

(2/3) The videos show the explosion and a car leaving the scene shortly after the explosion. A car can be seen leaving the scene in one video. Authorities are blaming “unknown individuals” for the vandalism.

A mysterious Georgia monument was partially destroyed Wednesday when an explosive device was detonated near the attraction -- and authorities are now ...

The four vertical slabs that dominate the Guidestones are inscribed back and front with 10 principles, each side in a different modern language. . It shows a large section of the granite slab breaking apart and collapsing. of the explosion at the nearly 20-foot monument known as the Georgia Guidestones

Granite monoliths inscribed with cryptic messages were blown up in rural Georgia early Wednesday, leaving behind a legacy of mystery that stretches from ...

Educator Kandiss Taylor, who finished a distant third to the victorious incumbent, Brian Kemp, pledged to dismantle the monument and fight the “Luciferian Cabal” that she suggested was behind it. The enigma of the Guidestones, located in Elberton, a city roughly 110 miles east of Atlanta that calls itself “the Granite capital of the world,” can be traced to the late 1970s. Right-wing conspiracy theorists such as Infowars founder Alex Jones have seized on the edicts as proof of a nefarious globalist scheme.

A Georgia monument that drew curious visitors and was derided by a gubernatorial candidate as satanic was destroyed Wednesday after authorities said someone ...

Taylor placed third in the state's May 24 primary after winning 3.4 percent of the vote. "Until I see a video that shows me anything but what looked like lightning or the hand of God moving on a situation, I'm going to believe it was God," she said. The monument — dubbed “America’s Stonehenge” — stood at 19 feet and contained a 10-part message in 12 languages, according to the tourism site Explore Georgia.