Teenagers discuss 'destroy time,' trespass on private land and a plan to 'blow up the clock tower,' transcript shows

A group of teenagers gathered at a rural clearing referred to in the transcript as the “Circle Of Friends” discussed actions they described as efforts to “destroy time,” and at one point a participant identified as Will said, “We're gonna blow up the clock tower, Jonathan.”

The conversation, which mixed philosophic language with concrete plans and descriptions of trespass, included references to marking private property owned by “Davidson Enterprises” and to an armed guard who had shot at the group during prior visits.

At the gathering, Will described the aim as symbolic and revolutionary: “We need your help, Hen,” and later, “Were gonna blow up the clock tower, Jonathan.” The transcript records other participants talking about removing Coca-Cola's cocaine historically and denouncing consumerism as part of broader rhetoric against “the machine.” Jonathan Blake and several peers discussed meeting locations and times; one line in the transcript gives a meeting time: “What time? About 11:30. Meet me at my friend Eli's house.” The name Eli Francis appears in the conversation.

The group described prior trespass and marking activity on privately owned land. One participant said the clearing they used is “owned by 1 of the wealthiest landowners in the state” and named Davidson Enterprises; the speaker said the group had “bolted a sheet of metal to this tree” to mark their presence. The transcript also records this claim about an armed guard: “he's got this armed guard he keeps around. He's a real freak, you know. He's always shooting at us.”

The transcript records planning language and suggested future meetings — for example, “let's find out a meeting tomorrow night. Same time, same place” — but it does not include details about any weapons procurement, explosives, or dates for any attack. No public authorities, police, school administrators or other outside agencies are mentioned in the recorded conversation.

Because participants used metaphoric language (“destroy time”), and because the transcript contains an explicit line about blowing up a clock tower, the conversation includes a mix of rhetorical provocation and references to trespass and past confrontations with a property owner. The transcript does not show steps that would confirm the group executed or prepared an attack; it shows planning language, territorial marking of private property, and a discussion of a proposed symbolic attack.