This is a subject that is very controversial.
Where do crop circles come from? Many claim that they are the product
of ufo's that swoop in during the night and create elaborate patterns
in grain fields on most continents of the world. From simple circle
patterns to the most elaborate artwork imaginable, crop circles appear
at night and cause their fair share of controversy. The question
arises, who makes these patterns and why? So the topic has it's share
of people on both sides of the issue, that being manmade, or
paranormal creations.
Great Britain is no doubt the hotbed of crop
circle activity. The birth of the modern day crop circle can be traced
to an event in Wiltshire England back around August of 1980. The first
in this episode were simple flattened circles of grain that appeared
overnight. Photographs were taken and the press picked up on the
story, via the local paper. This phenomenon was pretty much
"born" with this incident. Since then Hundreds of circles
have been appearing on an annual basis. No other place on earth seems
to be frequented with so many circles as Great Britain.
From simple beginnings, the crop circles took
on a much more elaborate makeup. Soon pictures and designs of every
type were appearing. The term "pictogram" is the best way to
describe the newer types that have been appearing. These are so
elaborate in most cases that they are claimed to be too hard for
anyone to hoax. When the first circles, though simple as they were
appeared, they blamed them on weather phenomenon as the creators of
these perfect circles. However one would be foolish to assume that a
whirlwind can draw perfect artwork in a field. The simple crop circle
could be a product of weather, but one would still think that this is
not the answer either.
So who makes them and why? Two older English
gents stepped forward and claimed that they created the crop circles.
After demonstrating their methods, the press put the controversy to
rest. Doug Bower and David Chorley admitted to everyone that they had
been the circle creators from day one. By using simple strings, a bit
of rope tied to a plank of wood, and a sighting ring attached to their
caps, the two worked in the night to create these circles. Of course
they didn't create them all, but perhaps they were the grandfathers of
the phenomenon. Why did they do it? They just liked the reaction to
them. It gave them pleasure to see what people would think of them.
That fuel fed the fire to keep them going.
Real or hoaxed crop circles that is the
issue. Some claim that the circles have mystical properties, and they
flock in to see them, and meditate inside of them. Scientists find
them intriguing spots to point their detectors at. Those scientists
also claim that the stalks of the real crop circles are neatly bent
over and not broken. That some mysterious force just magically bends
the plants just above the ground level of the stems. Then the other
side of the coin would show that the crops are broken and bent by
mechanical means such as someone stepping on a plank of wood. So we
have the controversy in this area. What is real and what is a hoax?
Real meaning created by a ufo, as some kind of cosmic message to
mankind? So the debate goes on and on just as in any war. Who makes
them and why? Are they real or are they hoaxes?
I have personally followed this phenomenon
since the beginning. I have always gathered data on the latest in the
scenario and kept up well with the newest info on these circles. I
have also viewed many television segments that dealt with them. One
especially intriguing set of pictograms which happened very close to
Stonehenge got my attention. These were so elaborate that I didn't see
how any human being could have created them, and especially in one
night. I thought that this had to be the real McCoy for sure. I
believed that this set was surely made by otherworldly visitors as
some kind of elaborate message to mankind. How wrong I was though.
This set was created by a set of college kids in England as a
competition. The design was given to them to try to create. The
parameters for the competition was to see who could make the most
perfect set of pictures without getting caught in the act, and leaving
no traces of their being there. I was flabbergasted by this new
revelation. Television cameras caught the entire creation on tape. We
got to watch the college kids make the elaborate designs in the field.
Then the next day, or soon there after, the judges awarded prizes to
the team that did the best job with their section of the field. I
really was fooled though. I felt like an idiot. I believed that these
were the real thing. So what does this say about us? Are we so ready
to believe in some things that we can be fooled by so easily? I was. I
learned a lesson by it also. I don't believe anything to be true so
easily anymore. I am sceptical on the crop circle issue. From what I
have studied and learned, most every one ever made was done by
humankind. Hoaxed television footage even shows three balls of light
descending and running around a field, and the grain just lays down
into a crop circle. Wow, that looked real. Funny thing was that the
man who produced the tape had all kinds of editing equipment in his
house. I also have this kind of equipment, and could produce the same
faked video from my own meagre studio. So yes, it is good to take
circles with a grain of salt. Since seeing the college kids make their
phenomenal artwork, I have seen several other's video taped as well.
The patterns are complex and would seem to take too much time however,
some people seem to have that kind of time and a large enough crew to
pull it off.
There could be real crop circles. I am not
saying that some may be caused paranormally. With the new form of
artists running and flying all over the world just to make these
circles, I have to be shown a real one and why it is real. Lack of
footprints is no evidence. Bent stalks that aren't broken is also no
evidence to me either. I can bend plants over without breaking them.
It all depends upon what stage the plant is in as to your ability to
bend it. The real ones could be out there. I would seem to believe a
simple circle could be more real than the elaborate artwork. The
messages and pictures don't have any real meaning to anyone. There are
always those that claim the math of the dimensions make the circles
real. You could do that kind of math on anything though. You can make
math do whatever you need it to do for you, as long as you can tailor
the correct equation. Crop circles used to be paranormal to me, now I
see them as cool artwork done by artists. One of the most elaborate
and neat designs ever appeared just the other day in an English field.
The artists have my respect on that one. Now I know that any crop
circle could be hoaxed. So I think most of them are just
that...hoaxes. I would tend to believe that round circles found in
snow that are out in the middle of nowhere, measuring 30 feet across
would now be more exciting to study. They call these snow circles of
course. No footprints in the snow going to them either. Hmmmmm It's an
odd place out there sometimes.. Gtars said it..
