Nearly three weeks after the Georgia Guidestones were blown up, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation has yet to identify any suspects related to the attack and community members are debating whether the structure should be rebuilt.
The Guidestones, known as America’s Stonehenge, were destroyed with explosives on July 6 in the middle of the night by an unknown suspect. Video footage of the incident showed a car hurriedly driving away from the scene, but no visible suspects.
Investigators have yet to identify any suspect in relation to the explosion, a spokesperson for Georgia Bureau of Investigation Agent Jesse Maddox told National Review on Monday.
“We do not have any additional details to add at this time,” the spokesperson said.
(1/3) The GBI is releasing surveillance video from this morning’s explosion that destroyed the Georgia Guidestones. pic.twitter.com/Vo3RyjDxdN
— GA Bureau of Investigation (@GBI_GA) July 6, 2022
The 19-foot monument was constructed in 1980 and consisted of granite slabs inscribed with text.
The text and the monument’s mysterious origins were fodder for critics and conspiracy theorists, who claimed the Guidestones were promoting a eugenicist one world government.
Among its inscriptions are instructions to “maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature,” “guide reproduction wisely — improving fitness and diversity,” and “unite humanity with a living new language.”
After the explosion, the state government took down the monument fully due to “safety concerns.”
As the investigation continues, community members are sitting down to talk about the Guidestone’s future.
Elberton Granite Association members discussed recommendations for the future and issued a statement to the Elbert County Board of Commissioners, the Athens Banner-Herald reported.
“We’re waiting for them to figure out what they will do,” the association’s Executive Vice President, Chris Kubas, said Friday, according to the outlet.
The Guidestones were also heavily criticized by former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Kandiss Taylor, well before the explosion.
Taylor pledged to destroy the Guidestones while running for office earlier this year, calling them “satanic.” Taylor got 3.4 percent of the vote in the May primary election.
After the Guidestones were destroyed, Taylor tweeted, “God is God all by Himself. He can do ANYTHING He wants to do. That includes striking down Satanic Guidestones.”