Mayan 'apocalypse' crop circle appears at Silbury Hill

[Blackleaf]

One of the great things about the British summer is the many bizarre crop circles which mysteriously appear in farmers' fields.

This year we have already had crop circles depicting a dragonfly, a hummingbird and a phoenix rising out of the ashes.

Now we have a 350 foot crop circle of an ancient Mayan symbol which is meant to be a sign of impending apocalypse.

It has appeared near Silbury Hill in Wiltshire, a prehistoric, man-made chalk mound - the tallest man-made mound in Europe.

According to legend, this is the last resting place of King Sil, represented in a lifesize gold statue and sitting on a golden horse inside the mound.

A local legend noted in 1913 states that the Devil was carrying a bag of soil to drop on the citizens of Marlborough, but he was stopped by the priests of nearby Avebury - and Silbury Hill came into being.

Wiltshire, which is 1,346 sq mi, is the crop circle capital of the world.

In 2001, there were 184 crop formations recorded worldwide, of which 102 were in Britain.

What causes them - whether human or alien - is unknown, but the lavish designs suggest an intelligence is behind them.


Mayan 'apocalypse' crop circle appears at Silbury Hill

A 350ft crop circle of an ancient Mayan symbol, said to be a sign of an impending apocalypse, has appeared next to Silbury Hill in Wiltshire.

08 Jul 2009
The Telegraph

The Mayan-themed crop circle formation found at Silbury Hill, Wilts Photo: MYNEWSAGENCY

The giant pattern - thought to represent a traditional Mayan head-dress - appeared next to the tallest prehistoric man-made mound in Europe last week.

Members of the crop circle community believe the mystic symbol is a signal of the end of the 5,126-year Mayan 'Long Count' calendar on December 21, 2012.

A 150ft long dragonfly crop circle in a field of barley in Yatesbury, Wiltshire earlier this year
Picture: M + Y PORTSMOUTH

Karen Alexander, a crop circle enthusiast, said: "This is one of the most interesting crop circles I have ever seen. It is definitely a Mayan symbol and we are sure it is linked to the Mayan calendar, which ends in 2012.

"It appears to be a warning about the world coming to an end when the calendar does. For the ancient Maya, reaching the end of a cycle was a momentous event, so we are taking this crop circle very seriously as an indicator of a possibly huge event in 2012."

Last month a 400-foot crop circle depicting a phoenix rising from the flames appeared in a barley field in Yatesbury near Devizes, Wiltshire.

Crop circle theorists believe the patterns are created by UFOs during nocturnal visits, or caused by natural phenomena such as unusual forms of lightning striking the earth.

IT'S CROP CIRCLE SEASON IN BRITAIN, THE CROP CIRCLE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD.
HERE ARE SOME WHICH HAVE ALREADY APPEARED IN OUR FIELDS THIS YEAR.

Usually found in fields of corn or barley, crop circles have begun appearing in yellow rapeseed fields across Wiltshire
Clatford, Wiltshire, created 4th May 2009

Michael Glickman, an expert on the phenomena, said: "I've seen the odd one in rape fields previously, but I know of 11 giant yellow circles that have appeared this month alone"
Cannings, Wiltshire, created 6th May 2009

...But after 19 years of studying them, he can offer "no explanation" for how or why crop circles appear
Windmill Hill near Avebury, Wiltshire, created 25th May 2009

The term "crop circle" was coined by researcher Colin Andrews in the early 80s and it entered the Oxford Dictionary in 1997
Roundway, Wiltshire, created 29th April 2009

Another expert on the subject, Pat Delgado, died this month aged 90
Roundway Hill, Wiltshire, created 10th May 2009

Mr Delgado wrote the best-selling book Circular Evidence in 1989, but retired two years later when two men from Southampton claimed they made all the crop circles with a plank of wood and rope
Wroughton, Wiltshire, created 24th May 2009, barley

A 150ft long dragonfly crop circle in a field of barley in Yatesbury, Wiltshire
Picture: M + Y PORTSMOUTH

A 600-foot jellyfish crop circle created in a field of barley in Kingstone Coombes, Oxfordshire
Picture: M+Y PORTSMOUTH

A 400-foot phoenix crop circle discovered in a barley field in Yatesbury near Devizes
Picture: M & Y PORTSMOUTH

Usually found in fields of corn or barley, crop circles have begun appearing in yellow rapeseed fields across Wiltshire
Clatford, Wiltshire, created 4th May 2009

telegraph.co.uk

 

[DurkaDurka]

Isn't the whole "crop circle" thing getting a little old now?

 

[karrie]

neat. that's the first time I've ever seen them in rape. Those are some cool ones.

 

[bobnoorduyn]

With the advent of increasingly accurate handheld GPS's these things have gotten really elaborate. But you would think folks with this kind of talent would put it to use on a more permanent medium, and maybe get paid too.

 

[petros]

The Mayans are getting better canoes to have made it all the way to the UK?

 

[Stretch]

With the advent of increasingly accurate handheld GPS's these things have gotten really elaborate. But you would think folks with this kind of talent would put it to use on a more permanent medium, and maybe get paid too.

what folks are you talking about and what does a gps have to do with it?

 

[Dexter Sinister]

Crop circles are made by people, Stretch, and an automated positioning system like a GPS is a handy thing to have when you're creating elaborate patterns in vegetation.

 

[In Between Man]

Judging by the pics I think its pretty evident to all of us that these crop circles are a perfectly natural occurrence. With enough time and chance, nature, through a series of small successful changes, "designs" or "creates" the intricately complex formation.

 

[bobnoorduyn]

what folks are you talking about and what does a gps have to do with it?

Well, the folks making the crop circles, and GPS is used for seeding, spraying, and graffiti, (yes it is that accurate). You may not have noticed it but there are sprayer tracks on each field allowing people access to the sites without disrupting the crops. You can make your design on the GPS and just tramp it our where you want to, but these aren't the crude ones of years past, they are actually laying the crops down in certain patterns that reflect light differently where they want to. This is the work of artists.

 

[Dexter Sinister]

Judging by the pics I think its pretty evident to all of us that these crop circles are a perfectly natural occurrence. With enough time and chance, nature, through a series of small successful changes, "designs" or "creates" the intricately complex formation.

Naw, nature doesn't do things that well. :smile:

 

[darkbeaver]

Great artists! Where are they? Who's paying them? Where's the summertime spinoff contest events similar to sand sculpture? GPS? Not a chance it's very labour intensive.

 

[DurkaDurka]

Great artists! Where are they? Who's paying them? Where's the summertime spinoff contest events similar to sand sculpture? GPS? Not a chance it's very labour intensive.

Space Zionists did it, Beave. Funded by the intergalactic-military industrial complex.:lol:

 

[darkbeaver]

Space Zionists did it, Beave. Funded by the intergalactic-military industrial complex.:lol:

So where's the payoff? So far it's free high art. If it turns out it ain't the Zionaut intergalactic hordes who is it? The question eliminates the vegetable matter itself as the initializing source of course. So then why isn't this art form intensely marketed by the GPS producers who would love to be able to hitch their wagon to revenue ponies like this? Or am I just uninformed about already existing capital flows generated by this marketable art?

 

[Free your mind]

YouTube - UFO, Jellyfish Crop Circle found in Oxfordshire Field Telegraph Published June 2, 2009

 

[bobnoorduyn]

So where's the payoff? So far it's free high art. If it turns out it ain't the Zionaut intergalactic hordes who is it? The question eliminates the vegetable matter itself as the initializing source of course. So then why isn't this art form intensely marketed by the GPS producers who would love to be able to hitch their wagon to revenue ponies like this? Or am I just uninformed about already existing capital flows generated by this marketable art?

Graffiti artists and computer virus writers revel in their own notoriety, but they rarely make themselves known to the public, who would string them up by the gonads given half the chance. GPS manufacturers have much bigger fish to fry revenue wise. These things are so reliable and accurate that some airlines use them exclusively to bring them down to lower limits than land based nav aids can. It costs a lot of money to be able to do this, more than graffiti artists can ever hope to shell out.

 

[darkbeaver]

It costs a lot of money to be able to do what exactly?

 

[petros]

Graffiti artists and computer virus writers revel in their own notoriety, but they rarely make themselves known to the public, who would string them up by the gonads given half the chance. GPS manufacturers have much bigger fish to fry revenue wise. These things are so reliable and accurate that some airlines use them exclusively to bring them down to lower limits than land based nav aids can. It costs a lot of money to be able to do this, more than graffiti artists can ever hope to shell out.

You can rent a total station for around $100 a day load your design from CAD and walk it out with a rod. Cheaper than spray paint. And no GPS needed. GPS would be used for elevation not for layout. Why would you need elevation on your CP1 on a crop circle? Just shoot it.

 

[darkbeaver]

You mean they're not made by aliens or satan transdimensional beasties? They remind me of Nazca and the drawings there, they must have looked sharp when they were new.

 

[petros]

If Edmonton is a known hot spot for crop circles I'd say they must be very very simple to create.

 

[bobnoorduyn]

You can rent a total station for around $100 a day load your design from CAD and walk it out with a rod. Cheaper than spray paint. And no GPS needed. GPS would be used for elevation not for layout. Why would you need elevation on your CP1 on a crop circle? Just shoot it.

I don't know who CAD is or what CP1 is, but GPS has both lateral and vertical navigation, and they are very inexpensive, but to be certified for instrument approaches requires some substantial fundage, for obvious reasons. Farmers do use the lateral nav for seeding.