[Lx]

The Hitler channel had a special last night on crop circles hosted by Joaquin Phoenix--didn't Russel Crowe kill him?

They showed the two hoaxers and a few circles but they could have shown more circles.

The two farmers at the end whose crop circles were still visible after two years and didn't know who did it? Hey, I've got a theory, how about they did it. For the publicity.

Oh yeah, they also mentioned sacred geometry yada yada.

The "believers" they interviewed also seemed to have a distinguishing characteristic, they were clearly insane.

[Lx]

I forgot to mention the best part. Forget sacred geometry, a real crop circles exhibits something called the "Viagra" effect. Needless to say, no description is necessary, it speaks for itself.

[FormerLurker]

Didn't watch, so I don't know if your characterization of the "believers" is accurate. There ARE some wackjobs involved with this, just like there ARE some wackjobs involved with every other so-called "fringe" belief. From what the media says, conservatives are all a bunch of gun-toting right-wing extremists ala Timothy McViegh...

Nuf said.

[Momaw Nadon]

Listings for Sunday , August 11

12:00PM - 1:00PM Crop Circle Controversy

In the 1980s, a series of strange formations started showing up in the farms of southern England. "Crop circles"--uniformly flattened patterns in fields---attracted the attention of the Queen, Prince Charles, Margaret Thatcher, and even Led Zeppelin! Paranormalists speculated that they were evidence of UFO landings or occult activity. Then, in 1991, two men came forward to say it was all a hoax, that they had invented crop circles back in the `70s. One even demonstrated his technique for TV cameras.

But, as the CROP CIRCLE CONTROVERSY shows, this revelation did not end the speculation. For one, there are documented incidents of the circles showing up in fields all over the world--some simultaneously in different countries. For another, the circles have appeared throughout history: in the Middle Ages they were called "witches' circles" or "pixie circles" and a 1678 circle is pictured in a woodcut known as the "Mowing Devil."

Today, it is widely accepted that many formations are manmade. But others resist attempts to explain them by conventional means. Crop circles remain, in large part, a mystery.

We explore the mystery. TV G