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Thursday, July 01, 1993
Crop Circles
Sometime back in '93, a load of crop circles appeared in a field very
near to my house. Neither myself, nor my cronies at the time, have any
idea how they got there. Aliens? That's the most likely thing.
On July 1st 1993, the following story appeared in the Stafford Post.
Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the fields... By
Kathryn Ellison
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Wierd and wonderful freaks of nature, UFOs, signs from beyond or just
another hoax? Thats the question baffling locals since Stafford's
first crop circle appeared last Thursday. The circles, in fields
opposite the University, were spotted by a woman out walking her dog.
But local crop circle enthusiast John Watkins has his doubts about the
Stafford spectacle. "The circle is in green corn, wheras they are
normally found in mature golden corn," said John. "And the circles are
usually pressed down like a rosette, but they are rather rough and
uneven with this one. "It could be that the students up to a prank
have done it with a piece of string, but these things are interesting
phenomenon and should not be dismissed out of hand." One local who
rang to say that he could see the circles from his window said: "They
don't look very supernatural to me, I could have done better myself!"
The "woman" out walking her dog, and the sceptical local were one and
the same.
Step forward Mr. Jon Wilkinson (wearing a white t-shirt in the above
photos).
For the record... I'm the one in the top left photo, wearing pretty
much the same clobber as I did to work today.