Crop circles theories
Since the eighteenth century, the world has been fascinated by the nocturnal phenomenon of crop circles – strange, inexplicable patterns appearing in farmer’s fields overnight. Explanations for these occurrences have
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Crop Circles
Crop circles are large circular depressions or patterns that appear overnight in the middle of grain fields (mostly wheat and corn) when the crop is quite high. The phenomenon has spawned its own science: cereology. Crop circles is also part of the UGM category (Unusual Ground Markings), which also include “tripod marks”, saucer nests, urn marks, etc.
Since appearing in the media in the 1970s, crop circles have become the subject of speculation by various paranormal, ufological, and anomalistic investigators ranging from proposals that they were created by bizarre meteorological phenomena to messages from extraterrestrial beings.
How to make crop circles
Anybody can make a crop circle with simple tools. The only tools you need are rope, boards or metal pipes and a willing crew. Here is a common way of
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Circlemakers
In 1991 two retired lanscape painters Englishmen, Doug Bower and Dave Chorley, proclaimed they were responsible for all the crop circles in England since 1978, starting as a joke to
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Crop circles history
One of the earliest reports was in Lyon in 815 AD, and a late 16th Century woodcut depicts the devil mowing a field into patterns. They began to appear in
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Crop circles spots
About 10,000 crop circles have been documented worldwide since records began to be kept in the ’70s. England tops the list with around 1,784, followed by the U.S. with 228,
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