Local authorities in Elbert County reported that at about 4 a.m., residents who live near the statue heard an explosion near the stones' location.
The county's sheriff's office has since stated the explosion was an act of vandalism carried out by "unknown individuals," which destroyed a substantial portion of the monument.
Elberton Granite Association Vice President Chris Kubas told the Independent that the stones had received damage from attacks in the past, but Wednesday's attack beat any previous one.
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Georgia's Guidestones, found about 100 miles northeast of Atlanta, model Britain's Stonehenge and contain 10 cryptic "guiding principles" etched into it using different languages.
The monument, which haphazardly appeared in a cow field more than 40 years ago, has long been an epicenter of conspiracy theories.
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Among the principles shown on the stone include "Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature," "Guide reproduction wisely — improving fitness and diversity," and "Let all nations rule internally resolving external disputes in a world court," as well as other strange messages, according to the Smithsonian Magazine.
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In response to the incident, former Republican candidate for Georgia governor Kandiss Taylor, a long-standing critic of the Guidestones, indicated on Twitter that God himself could have carried out the explosion.
"God is God all by Himself. He can do ANYTHING He wants to do. That includes striking down Satanic Guidestones," Taylor wrote.
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In Elbert County, Georgia there’s a set of stones called the Georgia Guidestones. They were put there in 1979, with a set of ten policies, in eight modern languages and four dead ones, carved onto the stones. However, that’s pretty much all anybody can agree on about them, as Jill Neimark writes this week at Discover Magazine. How to interpret the guidelines, who put the stone there, and what people should do about them are all widely unknown.
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On the stones are ten instructions: Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature.
Guide reproduction wisely — improving fitness and diversity. Unite humanity with a living new language. Rule passion — faith — tradition — and all things with tempered reason.
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Protect people and nations with fair laws and just courts. Let all nations rule internally resolving external disputes in a world court. Avoid petty laws and useless officials.
Balance personal rights with social duties. Prize truth — beauty — love — seeking harmony with the infinite. Be not cancer on the earth — Leave room for nature — Leave room for nature.
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