[PatrickHenry]

It's possible, you know, that as these crop circles gain press attention, the hoaxers who make them seek out knowledgable people to make their designs for them on paper. College kids could design circles that are laced with "hidden meaning" and then the galoots could get out there with their strings and snowshoes and stomp around, thus mystifying the "researchers." This isn't difficult to imagine, and I see no need to leap to more wild explanations.

[FormerLurker]

College kids could design circles that are laced with "hidden meaning" and then the galoots could get out there with their strings and snowshoes and stomp around, thus mystifying the "researchers."

You forget however that the "galoots" can't make a properly constructed crop circle, at least any of which have been documented. The best of the best couldn't construct a crop circle formation that was geometrically correct or symmetrical, so we are back to the fact that we just don't know exactly who IS creating these things...