The Georgia Guidestones , a granite repository determinedly described as “ America ’s Stonehenge , ” was enigmatically blown up by an explosion at 4 am on the morn of Wednesday , July 6 .

The office allege that “ unknown individual ” detonate the equipment , and they ’re not yet sure of the motive . However , the monument is known to have a fair number of enemies in late years after being plug in to a train of conspiracy theories .

Opened in 1980 ( slenderly after the construction ofthe original Stonehengein England about 5,000 year ago ) , theGeorgia Guidestonesconsist of four 5.87 - meter ( 19 feet 3 - inch ) tall granite slab that are astronomically aligned with another stretcher laying on top . It ’s cipher with a 10 - part message in 12 languages , including English , Spanish , Swahili , Hindi , Hebrew , Arabic , Chinese , Russian Babylonian , Classical Greek , Sanskrit , and Ancient Egyptian .

Its inscriptions speak of the preservation of humankind , the time value of verity , and the age of ground . However , it also boast evenhandedly dubious message that resonate with some group ' fear of population control , including :

The Georgia Guidestones have attracted numerous cabal theories link the stone slabs to Satanism , the New World Order , and – for some reason – Barack Obama . Far - right hand agitator and hardcore Christian groups havelabeledit as the “ Ten Commandments of the Antichrist ” or part of " a Luciferian secret gild " at the forefront of the New World Order .

Ever the magnet for wild interpretations , it ’s been the subject of vandalism before . In 2009 , it was scrawled with graffiti say " decease to the novel universe edict . " The yr before it was nebulizer - painted withslogans such as“Obama iz a Muslim ” and “ Jesus will die hard . ”

Last year , Kandiss Taylor , a Republican candidate for governor in Georgi , ran a movement adcalling for the Georgia Guidestones to be destroyed . Upon hear the recent news of the memorial ’s destruction , shetweeted : “ God is God all by Himself . He can do ANYTHING He wants to do . That include expunge down Satanic Guidestones . ”