Search Results for 'crop circles'

English Chalk Figures

Along with the more modern pastime of making crop circles, etching chalk figures into the side of hills seems to be a peculiarly English obsession. The Uffington White Horse is the confirmed oldest of the many…

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Thursday, 16th August 2007

Mystery Forest Art

It's not uncommon to stumble across some interesting sights and shapes when you browse through Google Maps, but there's something special about stumbling across forest clearings that surely must be man-made, but there's no obvious reason…

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Friday, 27th November 2009

More Puerile Roof Art

Actually, you could barely call this childish scrawl on the roof of a French University "art" (stop sniggering). By my calculations (yes, I measured), at around 7.7 metres this is actually the smallest of the penises…

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Friday, 24th August 2007

Garlic?!

Written on the ground beside the runway of an old World War 2 airfield is the most bizarre large type yet: "Garlic?!". This airfield used to be RAF Hibaldstow, which has been inactive since 1947. Currently…

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Tuesday, 21st August 2007

Poo!

Aliens have been trying to communicate with us puny humans for years now, usually via the confusing medium of drawing circles in Britain's fields. But a recent trend shows them branching out into more direct forms…

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Tuesday, 26th December 2006

Pac-Man

It doesn't get much nerdier than this: a Giant Pac-Man, complete with dots for him to eat, makes the ultimate crop circle. We're actually quite familiar with Pac-Man here at GGSS towers having seen him before…

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Thursday, 9th March 2006

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