ELBERTON, Ga.—After the destruction of the Georgia Guidestones early Wednesday, authorities eagerly searched for a time capsule buried nearby—but they found nothing.
According to police Lieutenant Shane Allen, the local government dug beneath a plaque by the monument that promised a time capsule six feet beneath it.
“There was no hole. There was no nothing. It was a slab of concrete on top of dirt,” he said.
The Guidestones monument, built at a high cost by an anonymous man, has many mysteries. The plaque announcing the time capsule was one of them.
“Sponsors: A small group of Americans who seek the Age of Reason,” it reads. “Time Capsule placed six feet below this spot on to be opened on.”…