Mother Nature Network

Since the Georgia Guidestones’ erection, they’ve been targeted by vandals who have painted over them, thrown epoxy onto the slabs, and once covered the entire structure with black fabric.

Locals tell stories of witchcraft taking place, and Elbert County resident Mart Clamp, whose father helped carve the granite slabs, says there have been instances of teenagers showing up dressed in black and toting buckets of chicken blood.
 
“To some, it’s the holiest spot on Earth. To others, it’s a monument to the devil.”

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