what do you think about crop circles?

[legendracer]

I got a call from a friend who is planning to visit crop circles. I asked what was that and he said it is not a natural phenomenon. I think it is a prank done by some people just for the sake of it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crop_circle

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20210822-englan...

what is your take?

[Fusion777]

Of course it's a prank. Not much more to say.

[peterperkins]

It's often/mostly done without permission in the dead of night, so criminal damage by idiots mainly.

Of course if permission is given then they are quite nice to look at but fairly pointless.

[broadspeed1]

Fusion777 said:

Of course it's a prank. Not much more to say.

Wrong, nothing known to man could flatten crops, it's aliens using technology so advanced we couldn't even begin to comprehend it.

[bigpriest]

Nice art if you like geometric patterns on a grand scale but best viewed from above in a spaceship.

[CraigyMc]

broadspeed1 said:

Fusion777 said:

Of course it's a prank. Not much more to say.

Wrong, nothing known to man could flatten crops, it's aliens using technology so advanced we couldn't even begin to comprehend it.

I for one welcome our little green overlords.

[757]

Has anyone or group of individuals ever been arrested or apprehended for doing them?

Seems they are pretty talented individuals to do such an intricate "some of them" pattern in the middle of the night in the pitch dark, making them perfect to view from above.... interesting debate I know, but I'm not convinced it's pranksters, not enough time the night, o being as quiet as they can be, to do such a thing surely...without raising any suspicion from landowners, passerbys etc....I dunno

Perhaps it's Neil Buchanan from Art Attack, he did some cool overhead art in fields

[anonymous-user]

Nope, they get shot and fed to the pigs.

You could have enjoyed some extra juicy bacon this morning thanks to an unforunate crop circle prankster

[Sporky]

Jim Schnabel's "Round in circles" is good reading on the subject.

They're all made by people.

[sherman]

757 said:

Has anyone or group of individuals ever been arrested or apprehended for doing them?

Seems they are pretty talented individuals to do such an intricate "some of them" pattern in the middle of the night in the pitch dark, making them perfect to view from above.... interesting debate I know, but I'm not convinced it's pranksters, not enough time the night, o being as quiet as they can be, to do such a thing surely...without raising any suspicion from landowners, passerbys etc....I dunno

Perhaps it's Neil Buchanan from Art Attack, he did some cool overhead art in fields

Farmers can be very accomodating if the money is right.

[Sq1rL]

legendracer said:

what is your take?

Pranksters. I want it to be aliens, but it's just incredibly unlikely. Same with UFOs really; why hasn't there been an exponential rise in the numbers of decent photos now that most of us are walking around with reasonable quality phone-cameras? It has to be because they don't exist, surely?

"I want to believe" to quote Fox Mulder, but the evidence just isn't there.

[Whats on Second]

some are hugely complex patterns, so it's not a drunk bloke with tennis rackets on his feet.

[757]

Whats on Second said:

some are hugely complex patterns, so it's not a drunk bloke with tennis rackets on his feet.

[Pastor Of Muppets]

Down in the Black Country they have the local variant 'crap cercles' .

[Turtle Shed]

Aliens bringing a message for mankind to hear. The message is "Get off my laaaaaaaaaannnnnnnndddddddd".

Or pissed up yokels with some rope.

[CraigyMc]

sherman said:

757 said:

Has anyone or group of individuals ever been arrested or apprehended for doing them?

Seems they are pretty talented individuals to do such an intricate "some of them" pattern in the middle of the night in the pitch dark, making them perfect to view from above.... interesting debate I know, but I'm not convinced it's pranksters, not enough time the night, o being as quiet as they can be, to do such a thing surely...without raising any suspicion from landowners, passerbys etc....I dunno

Perhaps it's Neil Buchanan from Art Attack, he did some cool overhead art in fields

Bored Young Farmers can be very accomodating if the money is right. make crop circles.

FTFY

[Milkyway]

Amazing what you can do with some wood & a piece of string.

There have been various forms of these for thousands of years... & UFO’s didn’t exist then.

NB: They also do some fantastic designs on the beaches... just using a rake.

Edited by Milkyway on Sunday 12th June 15:52

[CraigyMc]

They live amongst us. Not aliens. Idiots.

George Carlin said:

Think of how stupid the average person is, and realise half of them are stupider than that.

[Bright Halo]

Wow!

[bristolracer]

Sq1rL said:

Pranksters. I want it to be aliens, but it's just incredibly unlikely. Same with UFOs really; why hasn't there been an exponential rise in the numbers of decent photos now that most of us are walking around with reasonable quality phone-cameras? It has to be because they don't exist, surely?

"I want to believe" to quote Fox Mulder, but the evidence just isn't there.

Ask yourself this

If you were a species that had the intelligence and technology to fly far far through the universe, then why the fk would you bother stopping here?

What could they learn?
How to kill each other, starve each other, st in our own nest so badly we will kill future generations?
If I were them I'd keep right on going and give this planet a 1 star review on trip advisor.