Crop Circles - How are they made...?

Question

With the discovery of the most complex crop circle ever made, has anyone ever got to the bottom of just how these things are created virtually overnight? Is there a rational explanation for them?

This latest one is described as "The formation, measuring 150ft in diameter, is apparently a coded image representing the first 10 digits, 3.141592654, of pi"

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2144652/Most-complex-crop-circle-ever-discovered-in-British-fields.html

Answer 1

one show I watched on tv showed two guys, or one guy with a rope and bar sort of swing shape  like the letter U, step on bar and go push down crop, they were made in no time, I believe some are man made, and others are Unidentified flying objects.   go  to  www.youtube.com   type in

how to make crop circles you'll see some videos  or www.yahoo.com   click on  the one www.youtube.comwatch?v+niH9COse3M

Answer 2

I saw something about them once, groups of people get these boards and push them around the field to make them...

Answer 3

by aliens!! duh!!!

jk. i believe their just hoaxes made by people who have nothing better to do. wats worse it that the superstitious masses fall for it.

Answer 4

People think that aliens make them, farmers crush the plants or watever, or no one nos

Answer 5

my understanding is that they are made by Martians

Answer 6

They are made by bored farmers with planks,and rope

Answer 7

it was 2 old blokes with a plank on two bits of string...... thought everyone knew that by now

Answer 8

you take a plank of wood, add string on to each end of the plank and step where you want to

Answer 9

They are a wonderful art form, and it boggles the mind to think they are produced using such simple techniques! Ropes and planks, and some very clever planning!

Here's a link to the granddaddies of them all - the guys who invented the hobby

http://www.circlemakers.org/

Answer 10

people always thought by aliens, but nobody knows if aliens are real or not or it just could be that part of the crops is dying?

Answer 11

Some people badly underestimate human abilities and prefer to believe nonsense to truth. I have seen TV shows that had people making crop circles with ropes and boards. Just two people can make an elaborate one in one night. If a larger group work on it, they can make even larger and more elaborate ones. There are always some charlatans who try to make some big mystery from any mundane occurrence, and there are gullible people who believe them.

Answer 12

yeah man I was blown away by that one!

they use wooden poles attached to ropes to get uniform flattening.

Answer 13

Sceptics will say they are made by people, Others will say that they are created by aliens, But im not sure. They are truely a phenomenon.

Answer 14

I don't know, but I want to see one in real life.

Answer 15

Two elves named Vin and Yoshi meticulously hand bend each plant to the desired shape.