Crop Circles: From Apparent Enigmas in Southern England to Confirmed Man-Made Hoaxes

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Crop circles started as mysterious patterns in fields but are now known to be man-made hoaxes created by people such as Doug Bower and Dave Chorley, illustrating how folklore, experimentation, and public fascination shape this phenomenon.

Crop circle | Mystery, Phenomenon, Hoax | Britannica
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Crop circle | Mystery, Phenomenon, Hoax | Britannica

Crop circle, large geometric pattern of flattened crops, most often found in fields in southern England. Crop circles are said by some who have studied them to be messages from intelligent extraterrestrial life, but many have been proved to be the work of humans. Beginning in the late 1970s, simple