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| Grand Designs |
| The Cornish Farmer leaned towards me until his red nose was only inches away from mine. His breath had the faint aroma of turnips. "Get your tent out of my field before I fill your backside full of lead." I heeded this sound advice and was gone in a flash. This had happened 20 years ago but the moral of the story had always stuck with me: always ask permission before entering farmland. Last summer I once again found myself conversing with a farmer, this time in Wiltshire. I asked if he would mind us taking a closer look at the crop circle that had appeared in his field as if by magic, during the night. "Yeah, no problem," he said, just try and stick to the side of the field if you can. Oh, and by the way, that'll be �2 each, thank you." The term circle doesn't do justice to these elegant creations. The increasingly intricate designs appear overnight, without being seen. Genuine circles are often complex mathematical and geometric shapes. But how do they get there? Are they all a huge hoax? Are they UFO landing sights (is it me, or do most UFOs resemble Jaffa cakes)? Or are they messages from another realm of consciousness? We hoped to find out... |
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| The Bee |
| The shape we approached through the wheat was soon nicknamed 'The Bee' because of it's insect-like appearance. It was huge, approximately 91metres long. This was definitely no hoax. The grain was swirled into complex patterns and you could almost trace the vortex of power that had created this design. We noticed a palpable feeling of energy - a buzzing in the ears and a vibration through the hands. |
| All the stalks were bent at 45 degrees, about two inches above the ground. The bend always appeared on a joint or nodule on the stalk causing a large swelling (Swollen nodules are something I've suffered from for years). Few stalks were broken and it has been documented that a crop will start to grow back towards the light after a few days. The designs often appear within a matter of minutes, and are frequently aligned with prehistoric sites, such as Avebury stone circle, Silbury Hill or ancient barrows and earth mounds. This one lined up with one of Wiltshire's famous White Horses. |
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| Secrets in the Fields |
| In his book Secrets in the Fields, Freddy Silva states that in 1996 a 'circle' appeared in broad daylight next to Stonehenge without anyone witnessing its creation. A pilot and doctor had flown over the ancient site one July afternoon. They had a clear view over the stones below; nothing unusual was apparent. Forty five minutes later, after landing, the doctor was attempting to drive back past Stonehenge when he was caught in a huge traffic jam, people had left their cars to look at a brand new crop circle within metres of the sacred stones. It was a sophisticated mathematical spiral of 149 circles. 'The Julia Set' measured an immense 920 feet down its spine... |
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