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A giant crop circle that apparently appeared out of nowhere has drawn crowds of people to a farmer's field in Northern France.
The giant Templar sign actually appeared on July 5 in a field in Vimy, near Lens, and has created great excitement around the area- attracting thousands of people to come to visit it.
The farmer to whom these wheat crops belong, Gerard Benoit, happened upon the rune while driving the tractor. "I noticed that the ears of corn were lying on the ground. I thought someone had damaged my wheat overnight, but then I realized it was forming a pattern, it's well done. We've never seen a crop circle before. We see it in movies. It's vandalism, but we said to ourselves, 'It's good for once!' , Nicolas Benoit, the farmer's son said.
"We saw a lot of people come to the field and we discovered that there were religious beliefs around it. People are crazy. They come to pray, " explains the man.
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The large influx of people who came to see it caused the family to end up removing the photos from the social network with the aim of stopping visits, but it did not work. "In the end, it is a horror. We are not a museum. The crop circles are beautiful, but for someone else', " he said.
France, in fact, is used to the appearance of these mysterious crop circles and they appear on a regular basis across the country. Theories abound as to the origins of the circles, some people say they are made by groups of "followers" in the middle of the night, others are convinced they are formed by Alien Spaceships- it is normal to see elevated levels of radiation wherever the crop circles appear. Up to now, however, they remain a mystery.
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Also, it seems that by the shadow lengths in the bottom pic, that those at the top left of it are kneeling.*
R.C.
*Fresh back from a St. George rally?
RC
MSM told me so ?
RC
A cool gig for whoever's got the drone. Do those folks make any money?
Have you ever walked around in one? Seen one?
R.C.
We don't get many of them on Clerkenwell Green.
We don't get much 'green' on Clerkenwell Green, either.
Speaking of which, I hooked up with a chum for a lunchtime beer at the Crown Tavern today (where Stalin first met Lenin in 1903, allegedly).
I was informed that due to social distancing arrangements, I would have to queue for a table and that the pub no longer takes cash.
"Well that's the end of this pub, and the end of your job then, ain't it?"
I suppose in this day and age, that would count as 'abuse'.
So we went round the corner to The Sekforde Arms where we didn't have to queue and they did take cash.
The barman did have the nerve to ask me for my phone number and my address though, which I jauntily declined to supply.
Sorry to hear about the pub.
So where's 'Cricklewood Green'? (I actually have that TYA album on CD.) (I have on LP most old classic rock I've ever referenced.)
RC
I'd forgotten that Cricklewood Green (1970) predates their biggest album, 'A Space in Time.' (With 'I'd Love To Change The World.') (1971)
Are you any good at pool, snooker, billiards? FWIW, I'm considered a pool shark, and the most $ I've made in one night was over $1,300. That said, I've never played snooker. (Gotta give partner Ed. big credit there. We cleaned up on Rock Singer Jani Lane (and bass player?) from rock group Warrant, 'She's My Cherry Pie'.) Just loked Jani up. I well remember his group Dorian Gray.
RC
I used to love bar-billiards but that has all but disappeared from the London pub scene....[Link]