Are Crop Circles Real: Questions from the Homestead
When I was in high school, long before we lived on our own homestead spread, I worked for a local mom and pop farm stand. These were good times and a decent paycheck. Hard work, but good work.Deep summer found me on my knees, weeding out fields of strawberries and kale, while early fall found me in a pick-up truck, hand picking bushels of sweet corn. As if I knew the answers, being so wise a teenager, people often asked, 'Are crop circles real?' And to be honest, I couldn't give a straight answer. I'd never seen one.
Crop circles are nothing new, and in fact have become so common an occurrence that news coverage seems to be limited to local media. These 'agrilyphs' are incredible, not simply because they exist, but because the vast majority are immense mathematical constructs, each with the ability to be broken down into precise and predictable formulas.
Though we don't do large feed crops here on our one acre, I'm hoping the 30x30' patch of crimson clover we put in this year might attract some miniature versions like the ones shown.
The fact does remain that these things happen, and continue to happen. Some have taken responsibility and shown how to do it. Others appear and disappear in the night, while some look like an Iowa State frat party gone weird. Still, they are real, they do exist and the only questions that remain are who made them and why.
Are Crop Circles Real?
So, are crop circles real? The video is a National Geographic story asking that very question, centering on Wiltshire in England, home of large amounts of crop circle activity.
No matter what you beliefs, or what our experiences with the world might be, Wendie and I agree that the Universe is too big a place to simply accept things as the way they are. There are plenty of mysteries out there yet to be discovered, and though these crop circles may be made by people with highly-organized artistic and sneakery skills, they might also be made by some astro-visitors trying communicate, either as a joke or as a warning. Who knows.
No, Really. Are Crop Circles Real?
The fact does remain that these things happen, and continue to happen. Some have taken responsibility and shown how to do it. Others appear and disappear in the night, while some look like an Iowa State frat party gone weird. Still, they are real, they do exist and the only questions that remain are who made them and why.
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