Forget crop circles - now we've got a mysterious SHEEP circle

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=510372&in_page_id=1770 ^ | 15:02pm on 25th January 2008

[BenLurkin]

Ewe must be joking: Sheep form a perfect ring in Herefordshire in a bid to copy crop circle

[rfp1234]

What is the difference between Mick Jagger and a Scottish shepherd?

Jagger says "Hey, you, get off of my cloud". The Scottish shepherd says "Hey, McCloud, get off of my ewe".

[yorkie]

Unbelievable.

[doc1019]

Perhaps the farmer spread sheep food (what ever that might be) in a large circle?

[JerseyHighlander]

Not long until we see the first wedding proposal written in ewe.

[Lakeshark]

Does anyone know why I've pinged you to this article?

This must be what they mean by "sheeple"...............

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Looks like Mitt Romney supporters.

[Bernard Marx]

In the evening twilight the shepherd sits at his lonely campfire singing “There Will Never Be Another Ewe!”

[TheLion]

Apparently they aren't alone:

[Cedar]

As a side note, most cows face the same direction in any given pasture.

[MarkL]

Probably just doing the Hokey Pokey.

Mark

[BenLurkin]

And “Ewe Light Up My Life”

[ThomasThomas]

Their playing Duck, Duck, Goose.

[ThomasThomas]

Would the message be written in ewebonics?

[Bernard Marx]

Farm manager at Herefordshire College of Technology, Dan Seaborne, said: "I just think they've been fed with dry feed in that shape - you can get snacker feeders now and you tow behind a quad and it drops pellets on the ground... He added: "I think there was a chap in Yorkshire who spelled out 'will you marry me' to his girlfriend in sheep by putting feed down."

Yeah, I think your guess is a good one since that liklihood is mentioned so prominently in the article.

[Cedar]

Cows facing same direction

[Cedar]

And another pasture (This has always fascinated me about cows. Don't mean to steal the thread, just thought others might find it interesting too.)

[SunkenCiv]

I’m pinging you in case this topic managed to slip pasture notice.

[Las Vegas Dave]

Dam, what ewe say?

I would not want a ram, buck, or wether from them critters...

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[Quix]

Cows have social stars, too. Though I’m not sure it’s always attributable to the social stars.

They are certainly HERD animals.

A given individual starts munching in what looks like a good direction and it doesn’t take long for the herd to follow along.