QUOTE(Blackwhite @ Jun 29 2007, 04:48 PM)

How do you know which crop circles are real and which are fake?
Hello Blackwhite,
Honestly I don't for certain. Since I don't live where they happen and don't see a chance of getting there anytime soon. But just going by the pictures of crop circles and reading that crop circles have been written about since the middle ages and none of those were this complex it doesn't fit the pattern.
The only way to determine which ones are of unknown origin and which are man made are to check for radiation and the cellular change of the plant material that has been observed in some crop circle formations. In the ones that appear genuine of of unknown origin those traits are present.
This one seems to be a image of the inside of the barrow that it is next to, (that sets off my first alarm bell) Well..... and to be honest, while it's very pretty it's also kind of cheesy. Like the alien head crop circle. That one was cheesy too and seemed a hoax (at least to me) If it is a natural phenomena like wind creating it would just be circular, if it is something else creating it (other than humans) why then is it so much like a human art piece if it wasn't made by a human? But I should have respected Bogyman's thred better and have expressed this earlier. Sorry for that Bogyman my bad! That's what I get for posting without enough coffee first thing. LOL!
For what it's worth I don't think/feel/believe that all crop circles are made by human hands/feet or by human intervention. Yet it is very vexing when you want to know what it is, without the hoaxers making it difficult for the event to be taken seriously, by creating frivolous things in someone's fields and ruining a good portion of the farmers crop.
QUOTE(Shadow_Wolf @ Jun 29 2007, 11:30 PM)

As I live in rural England I am fully aware of agriculture, farming and the vigilance of farmers here. You miss the point that despite many people either claiming to have made formations, or having been seen or caught making formations, only one person has ever been prosecuted.
Tree circles were known and investigated in the 1980s and 1990s.
Hello Shadow Wolf, I have a question about your statement. Are you hinting that no one wants to prosecute (meaning enjoying the limelight/attention) or can't? Or something else.
Regards Y'all,
Mabon.