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The Mowing-Devil: or, Strange News out of Hartford-shire is the title of an English woodcut pamphlet published in 1678. The pamphlet tells of a farmer who, refusing to pay the price demanded by a labourer to mow his field, swore that he would rather that the Devil mowed it instead. According to the pamphlet, that night his field appeared to be in flame. The next morning, the field was found to be perfectly mowed - unnaturally perfect, in fact. This pamphlet, and the accompanying illustration, is often cited by crop circle reasearchers as among the first recorded cases of crop circles.[1]
Originally posted by Swills
reply to post by Maxmars
Sweet thread! If all of these crop circles are indeed hoaxes, well then the hoaxers are using some wild techniques to make their designs. If that is the case, they may need to look for a day job Good lord, either way, the circles are hawt!
Originally posted by Swills
reply to post by OMsk3ptic
What a complete waste of time if all circles are man made. I enjoy a good Lulz as much as the next guy, but come on
Originally posted by havok
If we had circles from 100 years ago that were this intricate, I'd be less skeptical.
Originally posted by Observer99
Yeah, I can totally see humans in lead clothes beaming microwaves all over the ground, hoping not to cook themselves while they make some sculpture they later take no credit for.
Originally posted by SonoftheSun
reply to post by Maxmars
Interesting idea. While I believe that most are man made, there are some that are just so filled with maths and algorithms that it defies the imagination. They could also be man made. But are they all?
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That beauty is 530 meters X 450 meters. Done overnight. Man made? Perhaps.
That's the thing with crop circles. I just can't make up my mind about them. I would tend to think that if artists can make one, they can make all...and on the other hand, the complexity boggles my mind.
Even though I still believe that some are made from unknown forces at play - and I emphasize on belief here, no proof, no fact, just a belief so pretty much pointless - it brings more questions than answers.
Microwave emissions...perhaps. Like so many other theories out there. But it makes for an interesting discussion !!!