The Time Is Ripe For Crop Circles

Hartford Courant ^ | June 22 2002 | WILLIAM WEIR

[2Trievers]

It began with a large, mysterious pattern etched in a wheat field near Winchester, England. Colin Andrews, an electrical engineer, spotted it on his way to work in 1983.

His curiosity soon became a full-blown obsession that ruined one marriage and led to his rise as the world's best-known crop circle researcher. In the major leagues of unsolved mysteries - the Pyramids, Stonehenge and Bigfoot among them - only the crop circles have emerged within our lifetimes, and new theories surrounding them abound. Out of a cramped office on the shoreline, Andrews serves as the main keeper of these legends.

[2Trievers]

My Family Farm does corn mazes ... does that count Barbara? &;-)

Lyman Orchards

[Inge_CAV]

I like my corn in a bottle......... : )

[2Trievers]

LOL ... we'll be posting aerial photos of your handiwork at this time next year ... and guess who will be taking the photos! LOL &;-)

[Inge_CAV]

Ya mean we gotta pose again?

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[2Trievers]

ROFLOL ... and don't forget your trusty steed, my girlfriend! LOL &;-)

[Inge_CAV]

She is busy carrying water to the tractor now...... : )

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[pt17]

The doyenne of driving does crop circles?

[Inge_CAV]

Bet you could get your corn maze planted a lot faster with a new Porsche........ ;~)

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[2Trievers]

Don't forget to wear your best overalls for the pix ...

[2Trievers]

ROFLOL ... why not? Doesn't EVERYone feel like they are going around in circles from time to time? &;-)

[2Trievers]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh ... NOW you're talkin' ... panache and reliability! LOL &;-)

[Inge_CAV]

May not have time to get purtied up for a picture...... : )

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[2Trievers]

What GREAT photos! Is this one from the late 1800s? The Industrial Revolution! &;-)

[Inge_CAV]

Thanks! : )

I think #3 was made in the 1920's, #6 was in 1918 and #12 was somewhere about the same year.

[Inge_CAV]

Wonder if LoneGOPinCT drives a Porsche to plant his corn? : )

[2Trievers]

Dunno' ... haven't heard from him since Mrs. Lone was upset with me for talking go-carts for their kids ... he may still be under house arrest! LOL &;-)

[pt17]

You know I'm working on an appropriate pic. When the time is ripe.......

[Inge_CAV]

He wouldn't have to be under house arrest if he were a farmer. Get up before daylight every morning and say Bye Honey, gotta hitch up the team and plow crop circles in the back forty and stay gone until dark. By then she would be too exhausted from cooking, washing and chasing the kids all day to be mad at him. Instead she would be happy to see him and have his favorite meal prepared. : )

[2Trievers]

Yeah ... yeah ... I hear ya' ... in the mean time, while you are waiting go here! Hugs, 2T &;-)

[2Trievers]

Glad you brought us back to the story ... the "other" comments, you're on your own kiddo! LOL ...