The ruse might have gone on, had Bower’s wife not grown suspicious of the high mileage in his car. Bower became concerned his wife suspected he was having an affair, and he confessed what he and Chorley had been up to. Shortly thereafter, the circle-crafting duo informed a local newspaper of their activities. Chorley died in 1996, but Bower has been making crop circles as recently as 2004 and continues to inspire other circlemakers to greater mischief and more ambitious experiments.
The circlemakers operate out of England, but their work can be found in a wide variety of locations across Europe and the United States. For instance, a 2006 campaign, which was sponsored by Microsoft to promote the release of the Xbox 360, resulted in three identical crop circles across the United States. Two were printed into beaches on the California and Florida coastlines, while the third was mowed into a grassy field in Oklahoma.
The circlemakers maintain a website to showcase their escapades and provide information about their activities. The website boasts details about the group’s history, as well as photographs of their works and a beginner’s guide to becoming a circlemaker.
While the circlemakers may be demystifying one of the world’s oldest mysteries, they are simultaneously developing a unique and competitive new art form which is always pushing itself to new levels of complexity and madness.
Article comments
1 - duane
Aw, you're no fun. A logical explanation? Damn.
Just when I had finally resolved that crop circles were Earth's way to send warning messages from its crystalline core about all the negative energy we've been generating, in preparation for the end of the world in 2012.
2 - Luis A Torres
Okay, I'll buy into that, but how do you explain the circles where there are no groups of people around that can "Bend" stalks.
Who made all the circles before the 20th century? They get paid for the advertising, what about the circles that are not advertisement?
Do they normally work at night? Why? Are they ashamed of their artistic work?
3 - JM Blake
Knowing a famous crop circlemaker, who actually is named in the above article, I sort of have a behind the scenes type of view.
Based on what he has told me, yes they always work at night when doing crop circles that they are not being paid to do. The reason being that technically it's illegal for them to be on someone else's property without permission to do these crop circles. In fact he's told me of having been shot at by farmers whose fields he was working in, but thus far as escaped being shot in the arse.
They are not ashamed of their work. In fact they are quite proud of it. However when they make a crop circle illegally part of the reason they don't acknowledge it is because technically they could be arrested for trespassing and property damage. The other reason is to allow the mystique to be present in there work for those who do believe.
4 - CMB
"The ruse might have gone on, had Bower’s wife not grown suspicious of the high mileage in his car. Bower became concerned his wife suspected he was having an affair, and he confessed what he and Chorley had been up to. Shortly thereafter, the circle-crafting duo informed a local newspaper of their activities. Chorley died in 1996, but Bower has been making crop circles as recently as 2004 and continues to inspire other circlemakers to greater mischief and more ambitious experiments."
LOL.Right.For 15 years, they went around the world making crop circles for no apparent reason.
5 - Dr Dreadful
Fine defense lawyer you'd make, CMB...
JUDGE: So, your client admits he murdered the deceased?
CMB: Yes, Your Honor, but he's lying. It must have been a chupacabra!