600ft? Crikey, thats a big crop "circle"

2StepSteve · 3 Jun 2009 at 12:56

Impressive! I'm guessing they use GPS for guidance and must have a massive bunch of people helping out.

DampCat · 3 Jun 2009 at 13:08

Would be interesting to know how these are done! They are perfect circles. Proprs to the guys with the inclination to do it.

DampCat · 3 Jun 2009 at 13:09

Do they cut the crops or just lay them flat? That farmer must be a bit pished he's lost 600ft of barley.

Glaucus · 3 Jun 2009 at 13:10

DampCat said:
Do they cut the crops or just lay them flat? That farmer must be a bit pished he's lost 600ft of barley.

They just bend the stems over with a plank of wood.

2StepSteve said:
Impressive! I'm guessing they use GPS for guidance and must have a massive bunch of people helping out.

You don't need anything so technical. A drawing and a bit of string and a plank of wood.

Glaucus · 3 Jun 2009 at 13:14

magick · 3 Jun 2009 at 13:38

AcidHell2 said:
They just bend the stems over with a plank of wood.

While I don't dispute some are man made there are some crop circles that can't have been made using the plank method as they are bent several inches above the floor. Where as the plank method bends them flat on the ground. Also the plank method kills the crop causing it to stop growing where as the crops in 'genuine' ones continue to grow and some times at a faster speed. I won't even get into other phenonmen like unsual radiation readings are some crop circle sites.

Glaucus · 3 Jun 2009 at 13:43

Why is that impossable for a plank of wood. how do you think a craft would bend it several inches higher? Does it grab the stems and bend it at a specific point. That argumment makes no sense at all. The stems will bend where the resistance is least, that will depend on amny factors.

No crops will not speed up in these cases. they will not all die with the plank method. That all depends how hard you press down. if you press hard enough the bend will become a snap and kill the crop.
You have been listening to "facts" that are unobtainable. sis they just happen to test the grow rate a week before the crop circle then after ward. did they then test the samples for amount of light absorbed and every other factor. Humm nope.

LukeTW · 3 Jun 2009 at 13:44

AcidHell2 said:
They just bend the stems over with a plank of wood.

You don't need anything so technical. A drawing and a bit of string and a plank of wood.

You couldn't do that in a night....

Glaucus · 3 Jun 2009 at 13:45

LukeTW said:
You couldn't do that in a night....

yes you can and they have been filmed doing it, on several documentaries.

LukeTW · 3 Jun 2009 at 13:46

AcidHell2 said:
yes you can and they have been filmed doing it, on several documentaries.

Glaucus · 3 Jun 2009 at 13:49

LukeTW said:

why the

People assume it is harder and more time consuming than it is.

magick · 3 Jun 2009 at 13:51

AcidHell2 said:
yes you can and they have been filmed doing it, on several documentaries.

Not that big nor geometricaly complex.

You do also realise that this man made/plank method came to light when back in the 90s crop circles were at there peak of public attention, the government had an emergency meeting with security services and millitary expressing concerns over how excited the public were becoming. A millitary unit was then despacted and within 48 hours planks, along with ouija boards were discovered at a crop cricle site and it was put in the media that they were all man made and to stop worrying abou them and focus on something else.

LukeTW · 3 Jun 2009 at 13:51

AcidHell2 said:
why the

People assume it is harder and more time consuming than it is.

Well it must be, imagine how long that would take to do unless you have over 100 people.

Glaucus · 3 Jun 2009 at 13:53

magick said:
Not that big nor geometricaly complex.
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None of them are complex. they might to look at. with a scaled drawing and some sting it is not complex. size is just experience and manpower.

Like how you ignored the rest.

evidence for such meeting and findings?

LukeTW said:
Well it must be, imagine how long that would take to do unless you have over 100 people.

why must it be? have you tried doing it? are you an experienced crop circle maker?
i suppose these graffiti pieces that cover a wall in a few short hours are also imposable.

Mik3 · 3 Jun 2009 at 13:54

AcidHell2 said:
why the

People assume it is harder and more time consuming than it is.

I remember watching a documentary about them, a couple of lads made a hugh elaborate design in a few hours.

Some of these are absolutely incredible.

Sash · 3 Jun 2009 at 13:56

Well that looks like that will cost the farmer his rent for a month.

LukeTW · 3 Jun 2009 at 13:57

AcidHell2 said:
why must it be? have you tried doing it? are you an experienced crop circle maker?
i suppose these graffiti pieces that cover a wall in a few short hours are also imposable.

Have you ever tried doing it? Are you an experienced crop circle maker? I suppose you have researched it for the past 10-20 years. Just because you watched documentaires etc doesn't mean its true..

Glaucus · 3 Jun 2009 at 13:58

LukeTW said:
Have you ever tried doing it? Are you an experienced crop circle maker? I suppose you have researched it for the past 10-20 years. Just because you watched documentaires etc doesn't mean its true..

No but it does show it's certainly possible. Evedince for my stance. compared to a wild guess for yours with nothing to back it up.

Going it can't possibly be done in a night. does not make it so. there's no evidence or reason to back up your claim.

fornowagain · 3 Jun 2009 at 13:59

Sash said:
Well that looks like that will cost the farmer his rent for a month.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/8080315.stm

Sally Ann Spence and husband Bill, who own Berry Croft Farm near Ashbury, say hundreds of visitors have been trampling over their field.

They said it was "beautiful" but the flattened crops were now "useless" and the damage would cost about £600.

"We have not given permission for people to walk on our land," Mrs Spence said.

"The pattern has already cost a great deal of damage - possibly about £600.

Missing a trick there, a few quid admission soon see that £600 back.

LukeTW · 3 Jun 2009 at 13:59

AcidHell2 said:
No but it does show it's certainly possible. Evedince for my stance. compared to a wild guess for yours with nothing to back it up.

Going it can't possibly be done in a night. does not make it so. there's no evidence or reason to back up your claim.

Just look at it!!!!!!!