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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...

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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.

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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.

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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.

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About

Croppie:
(noun)
A person with an interest in the crop circle phenomenon. Such individuals may be of varying belief, sanity and intelligence.

The Croppie:
The Croppie was established in 2015 to cover all aspects of the crop circle phenomenon in Britain. This includes new formations, circles history, conspiracies and related culture.