Bemused Locals Have Mixed Reaction to Destruction of Georgia Guidestones Monument

Many theories are circulating about what blew up one of the five pillars of the Georgia Guidestone monument in Elberton, Ga., on July 6, 2022. Courtesy of Arlayne Thomas

ELBERTON, Ga.—The Georgia Guidestones monument has left locals as confused by its destruction as by its creation.

In 1980, a mysterious man using the pseudonym of Robert C. Christian built the monument out of local granite.