8 Crop Circles
Strange patterns have appeared in fields for decades, but the most famous outbreak of crop circles happened in England during the 1980s and 90s. When two “con-men in their sixties” stepped forward claiming responsibility for the circles in 1991, the cereal scam appeared to have been exposed.
“They called us ‘superior intelligence’ and this was the biggest laugh of all,” said David Chorley, who claimed to have pulled off the hoax with his best mate Doug Bower.
Cereologists – people who believe crop circles were created by paranormal activity – gave the pair a frosty response, questioning how two elderly men in their sixties could make the stunning patterns. Scientists might not think crop circles are created by aliens, but a thriving community of cereologists beg to differ, suggesting they are sending messages by squashing down farmer’s prize plants.
