Three Circles: 1991
Three Circles: 1991 INTRODUCTION Three Circles is a short history of crop circles. Each...
2025 Season
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2025 Circles: Milton Ernest, Bedfordshire
'A local dog walker told me of a small circle he’d seen but was very vague as to where. After 4 trips on the bike eventually found it but this is all that was left,' says one Kevin Constant on this small circle he found in Bedfordshire.
Circle Makers Speak
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Circle Makers Speak #11: What Have Been Your Worst Nights In The Field?
There are only two constants in this life: a beginning and an end. The rest is all about ups and downs. Here, we focus on the downs and ask our circle makers to tell us about their worst nights in the field.
Dear Croppie
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Dear Croppie: Are Zef Damen’s Crop Circle Reconstructions Practical?
The Croppie loves the crop circles reconstructions posted online by Dutch electrical engineer Zef Damen. However, The Croppie has been asked on a few occasions whether Zef's crop circle reproductions follow the practical methodology used by circle makers in a field.
Lists
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The Ten Best Fractal Crop Circles
Between 1996 and 1999 the crop circle world was fixated by the appearance of fractal-like formations in Wiltshire and Hampshire. They made the press, television and proved to be a massive development in the evolution of the circles. Here are ten of the best with commentary where appropriate...
CC Misconceptions
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Do Crop Circles Attract Military Helicopters?
During a truly remarkable interview on the Paranormal Peep Show podcast in the summer of 2024, croppie Robert Hulse began talking about his experiences with low flying military helicopters in and around crop circles in the Vale of Pewsey.
The Golden Age
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Operation Blackbird
Operation Blackbird is deservedly renowned as one of the most genuinely iconic events in crop circle history. It enthralled the British public, massively dented the reputation of cerealogist Colin Andrews and, to this day, nobody believable has come forward to claim responsibility for one of the biggest yarns in the cerealogical record books.
Three Circles
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Three Circles: 1991
Three Circles: 1991 INTRODUCTION Three Circles is a short history of crop circles. Each...
2024 Season
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Three Things To Learn From 2024
Nobody will look back on the 2024 season with enthusiasm. Retrospectively, it was an extremely odd episode — though interesting, at least for us here at The Croppie — that highlighted the circles’ downward spiral of recent years. It reflected our own view from 2023 that we should abandon our expectations of the circles.
2023 Season
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Were the Pictograms of 2023 Telling Us Something?
We recently read a very considered piece on the wonderful Circular State of Mind website. Titled ‘Crop Circles 2023: End of the Season’, it’s a brief contemplation on the current state of play in the fields and we’d like to add our own thoughts on the matters it raises.
2022 Season
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2022 Circles: Etchilhampton Hill (2), near Devizes, Wiltshire
Another five-fold formation, following on from the recent circle at Alton Priors. This one is in a different league in terms of the beauty of its construction, though it hasn’t gone unnoticed that it bears striking similarities to a small circle that appeared at Silbury Hill in June 2012.
2021 Season
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2021 Circles: Todwick, Nr Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Reported: 30 August 2021Location: Todwick, Nr Sheffield, South YorkshireLead photograph by Steel...
2020 season
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2020 Circles: White Hill, Pitton, Wiltshire
2020 Circles: White Hill, Pitton, Wiltshire Photograph from Google Maps DETAILS Date Reported:...
2019 Season
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Back in the Playground
The FESTIVE WORLD of croppiedom has been DEVASTATED by the SHOCKING NEWS that online circles...
2018 season
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Defame Your Idols
Photograph by Nick Bull Photography On 23 July a door-like circle appeared at Gurston Ashes near...
2016 season
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If You Still Believe Ansty 2016 Was Genuine…
Far from being the source of ‘low level disinformation’ that Horace ‘Red...
2015 season
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Mr Gyro’s 2015 Playlist
He’s no longer on the scene, but Mr Gyro captured some wonderful footage of 2015’s...
2014 season
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Mr Gyro’s 2014 Playlist
He’s no longer on the scene, but Mr Gyro captured some wonderful footage of 2014’s...
2007 Season
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777: From A Witness
In recent days The Croppie has spoken to an individual who claims to have been parked up close to...
Croppie Gossip
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Chasing the Giant’s Feet
We've recently speculated over the appearance of a crop circle resembling giant footprints close to the Wilmington Long Man in East Sussex. We speculated that the footprints may have been linked to an advertising campaign for the Reflo sportswear company. Long time croppie Barry Reynolds has contacted us to suggest the footprints may still have been commissioned as an advertising stunt, but for a more local company.
Dene Hine
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Croppie Gossip: How Those Rumours Burn
There are tears aplenty over on the Facebook sewer as Dene Hine someone called BlueGrapefruit35 has emerged from under the tarpaulin to cry about how unfairly Team Ten Watt have been treated this year. The fly in Dene's Grapefruit's ointment seems to be how the Crop Circle Connector and, apparently Monique Klikenbergh's Crop Circle Visitor Centre and Exhibition have treated the dream team's work.
Video
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Video: Cat Tales — Sketches In Colour
Some crop circle related cuteness has entwined its way into the latest episode of the wonderful Simon’s Cat series on YouTube. It’s only short, but check it out below:
Books & Media
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Podcasts: Confessions Of A Crop Circle Maker
Three Circles: 1991 Universal Disclosure Podcast: Confessions of a Crop Circle Maker Featuring...
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