Floods deter crop circle makers

Relatively few crop circles have appeared in British fields this year. This could be because the space aliens who make them are busy elsewhere, or it could be because their human makers have been hampered by the widespread flooding that occurred in the UK this summer.

The Oxford Mail interviewed Geoff Amber, of the Oxfordshire Centre for Crop Circle Studies, who claims that 90% of crop circles are made by "non-humans" (farm animals? sudden gusts of wind?). Ambler says:
"Two years ago it was very prolific and last year was rather good. But they don't seem to have come back to Oxfordshire this year.
"After the terrific storm on July 20 the crop circles seemed to dramatically stop. Usually in that period up to July 30 we have a huge influx of circles but after the big floods there wasn't much anywhere in the region for five or six days.
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"But there's no rhyme or reason for it. Some years are better than others. It may be that we have missed some this year and they have been chopped down by farmers before they have been found."
I hope people don't ever get bored and stop making crop circles, because even if they are man-made, they're still cool to look at.

Extraterrestrial Life

Posted on Wed Aug 15, 2007



Comments

It could be the aliens are staying away because their spaceships have a rust problem.
Posted by Captain Al  on  Thu Aug 16, 2007  at  12:22 PM
Or it may be that, like the Triffids, water kills them.
Posted by Christopher Cole  on  Fri Aug 17, 2007  at  05:46 PM
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