When I was a kid there was a outfit brand called "Alien Workshop", which very popular among skaters and rollers generation (many of us were part of). I remember how I wanted to buy their shoes, but never found them since they didn't have any stores nor suppliers in my country. Anyone has similar memories? Somehow these crop circles I found remembered me of my childhood. Am I strange because of this?

Well, anyway - back to the topic. Images you see below were found somewhere in England, and it was said they just popped out over night. What we know for a fact is that they were created using large hay formations, and can be seen from the distance (above) with help of a helicopter or some other flying device. There were speculations about alien species, and their effort to send their messagge. How they created these formations in spirit of communication with us earthlings... I don't really believe in them conspiracy-alien-government stories, but have to admit there is something mysterious behind it. If someone has more background on the story, please post your findings. One more thing - I am not definitely sure about the location these were taken on, nor am secure it's England at all. Hope someone spots them in Google Earth and posts the sight! Never the less, photos are magnificent and you will enjoy them.








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  1. Blogger t3knomanser 

    As far as we can tell, crop circles are the work of clever pranksters, nothing more. While it seems like an amazing feat, it's a pretty simple one.

  2. Anonymous Anonymous 

    The wikipedia article on crop circles is good reading for the skeptic. Particularly that crop circles were rare until a couple of hoaxers went public with their techniques and suddenly crop circles were popping up all over.

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

    Also, photoshop websites have had competitions for the best "faked" crop circle photos so be wary.

  3. Anonymous Anonymous 

    Nice illusions, but I'm taking your gadget off of my iGoogle page because your English bugs me immeasurably.

    A proofreader would be much appreciated.

  4. Anonymous Anonymous 

    That's creepy!

  5. Anonymous Kyle 

    Holy crap! that must have taken forever to make. they must be some damn sore after doing that

  6. Anonymous Anonymous 

    those are really neat, but how can someone make them without being all out of proportion?

  7. Anonymous Anonymous 

    creEEEeepyyy

    (twilightzone theme song)

    do we do da

  8. Anonymous acushla 

    wow. that's marvelous.

  9. Blogger varvara 

    wow its magnificent how the ufos and usos do this no one really understand but i always keep wondering if people are the only ones in the universe.........
    guess not!!!

  10. Blogger Mord 

    I read somewhere that these are easily created over night by a couple of guys, some boards, rope and a pickup. They drill two holes in a board, and loop the rope through, tying it so you get a board with a rope in a loop. (Like a sideways D).
    Then they load themselves and the boards on a pickup and drive out to a corn field.
    They grasp the rope in their hands, and with their foot press down on the board, squashing the cornstalks. Then it takes a little imagination, planning and patience to create the crop circles. (Or other designs.)

  11. Anonymous Anonymous 

    WOW! These are amazing but I doubt the whole alien thing

  12. Anonymous Lucy 

    Oooooooohh wow, those are amazing. <3 Alien cropcircles are awesome in general, and whether they are made by aliens or not, they're looking great.

  13. Blogger Stephen 

    Photos by Lucy Pringle, taken in Uttington, Oxfordshire, UK. www.lucypringle.co.uk

  14. Blogger rinkalicous 

    I doubt that it was made by Aliens, but that doesn't stop it being awesome. How much planning must that have taken?

  15. Anonymous Anonymous 

    Clever.
    Yay first post

  16. Anonymous ScrOuch 

    I think this pictures are the same but made from other directions, aren't they? It looks like this because the dark lines between the symbol are always exactly like in the other pictures. And I also heared that it is planed and made by men.

  17. Anonymous Anonymous 

    Where they are? Dunno about the first... But it says on the second two!

    Near Uffington, in Oxfordshire.

  18. Blogger Screaming Doubles 

    the first one is rediculous.
    the second one is a really cool one. Ive searched for few more, but none are quite like either of these. they are mostly based on radial symmetry, with now true illusion but an intricate patter. these are pretty tight i think

  19. Anonymous Anonymous 

    Crop circles have long since been explained away as a hoax. You can find out how they are made with a little research. They are beautiful, but they are pretty evil as they are made by destroying a farmer's crops. Anytime one is made by a person other than the land owner or with their permission, it is a nasty and expensive crime.

  20. Anonymous Nordiæk 

    BOOTAH!!!
    NUMBAH ONE!!!!!!
    awesome!!!!!

  21. Anonymous Anonymous 

    Now I dont know how human or extra ordenary these things are, but apparently the disk in the first picture has a binery message on it, wich is pretty incredable! The message says:

    "Beware the bearers of FALSE gifts & their BROKEN PROMISES. Much PAIN but still time. BELIVE. There is GOOD out there.We OPpose DECEPTION. Conduit CLOSING (BELL SOUND)"

  22. Anonymous Anonymous 

    Alien Workshop is a skateboard company first and foremost. They make skateboards. They also have t-shirts and stuff, but they're mainly just a skateboard company.
    I don't think they ever made shoes.

  23. Blogger Michael 

    wow.. this is awesome
    i've heard about these, but never seen them

  24. Anonymous Anonymous 

    Caroline says:

    The latter was in England, yes. I've been out in the country side last summer, trying to find the one that popped in Somerset. It's much harder than you think, because first, you don't see it from the streets, and second because the local thinks it's a bunch of stupid weirdo who do them (sdo they won't look for it, won't know where it is and therefore won't try to help you to find it). And the last reason is, it upset the farmers as it destroy the field and attract tourists who will destroy it even more by walking ion it.

    Anyway, the best place to see them is in the Wiltshire county. Funnyly enough, they tend to pop around famous landmark like the Whites Horses or Avebury (stone circle) & Silbury Hill.

  25. Blogger Christopher 

    Kudos to the designers and implementers of these creative crop circles. Of course, that's assuming that they are in fact genuine! I definitely hope that someone can locate them in Google Earth!

  26. Anonymous Anonymous 

    This cropcircle was in England (near Winchester) in 2002. See website for many more crop circle photos http://www.lucypringle.co.uk/photos/

  27. Anonymous Anonymous 

    These crop circles have been appearing in Britain for many years, increasing in complexity each summer. Most appear in or near Wiltshire, quite often near sacred sites such as Stonehenge or Avebury. Whilst some of the simpler circles and the like have been produced by hoaxers many of the more complex forms defy reproduction.
    The alien image featured above has a message within the disk displayed as ASCII code, other messages have included musical code and representations of DNA.
    Nexus magazine has an archive of images - www.nexus-magazine.com and there are many crop circle groups that can be found on the interweb.
    One particularly interesting experiment looked at the varying images and derived a code, this was used to create a 'reply' that was put in a feild in the UK. Nothing happened for 3 yrs, then the predicted response was found in a crop circle formation in Eastern Europe. I cant remember the details but it is worthy of further investigation.
    Oh yeah, First Comment!!

  28. Anonymous Anonymous 

    There is an interesting experiment that showed complex interference patterns in water ripples when said water is exposed to varying sound frequencies.
    Amongst the amazing 3D images, pictures and other crop formations, a certain number of crop formations share these interferance patterns.
    Whilst it is right to state that many if not most crop circles are faked there is a hard core of circles that cannot be reproduced and form in such a short time that it is impossible for people to have done it, even admitted hoaxers have expressed puzzlement at how they were done, but sound may be a key.

  29. Anonymous Anonymous 

    hello...

    well here in México is an investigator who goes to the place these images apears every year, his name is Jaime Maussan (i know his name dont give him credivility jejeje) .... the images appear in the second half every year (obviusly a diferents images) here is a link were you can see some videos of him trying to explain these things (http://www.ovnis.tv/videos/videos.html)
    see the video of crop circles an the next tree video there appear... i hope it could help..... and sorry for my english.... :p ...

  30. Anonymous Pippa 

    Wow, that Lucy Pringle sure is a nut-ball! She does have a lot of great photo's though. I can't believe after so many people have admitted to creating crop circles by hand that there's still crazies who think it's aliens or paranormal forces. I totally appreciate them as art, the scale and designs are awesome - though the crop destruction thing is a bit uncool.




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