Conspiracy message boards have gone into overdrive with the revelation that the infamous Georgia Guidestones have a new addition: a mysterious niche at the top of one of the monoliths has been filled with a small cube/cornerstone with the numbers ’20’ and ’14’ carved into adjacent faces. Naturally, there has been some speculation on these messageboards that the block is a message – from the secret society behind the Guidestones – that the apocalypse supposedly predicted by the modern megaliths will occur this year.
As might be expected, the truth of the situation is difficult to pin down, although it may not necessarily involve Illuminati overlords. In 2013, the person who originally cut the notch out of the Guidestones (apparently on September 11, 2009) was apprehended by authorities upon returning to the site with two other men, with the missing granite cube in tow:
“Deputies got a call to go out there, and there was a gentleman there from Alabama that had the piece of granite that was taken almost four years ago”, said Investigator Darren Scarborough with the Elbert County Sheriff’s Office. “Told the officers that he had it, and he had been out there in 2009 and took the small piece of granite off.”
Scarborough says the whole incident has the sheriff’s office scratching their heads a little bit.
“We don’t know what their intentions were with the piece of granite or why they were back out there late Friday night/early Saturday morning”, said Scarborough. “We have talked to the gentleman, who is in charge of the guidestones, and we have the piece of granite back, but we are not sure what will be done with it.”
So perhaps the ‘2014’ cube is simply an official replacement for the piece of stone that was cut out? Not so, according to this article. And in the comments, someone notes that they called Elbert county officials about the situation, and “was told that the 2014 cube was considered to be vandalism, and will be replaced with the actual missing piece”.
A strange situation, compounded by the sad news that the Guidestones were once again recently defaced with graffiti. For anybody buying into the ridiculous paranoia about the Guidestones being a threat from the Illuminati to exterminate a large proportion of the world’s population, make sure you read my Darklore essay on the traditions behind the monument, titled “Beyond the Apocalypse“.
(h/t Chris Skelton)
Update:
The cube has now been removed – and found to be engraved on every side (20, 14, 16, 8, MM, JAM). Here’s footage of the removal:
(Thanks to @Eastonwordsmith for the heads up.)
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