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Mystery: Exeter sheep branded with same smiley face

Rich Booth
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Fri, 18 Jan 2013 12:19 UTC

Sheep in a field near Exeter have been branded with the same smiley face that has been seen on animals across the country. Hundreds of sheep from Devon to Scotland in areas including Leicestershire and Perthsire have been painted with the same pattern.

The hashtag #creepysheep is being used on twitter with many users baffled by the 'tag'. Jane Williams, who sent in the photo of the sheep in a field near Drewsteignton yesterday said:

'I spotted about 20 of them yesterday and thought it was quite funny.

I've never seen anything like it before and wondered what was going on. Have we been visited by aliens or is it some joker looking to start a new trend like crop circles?'

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pavlink · 2013-01-19T02:52:58Z

The key is awareness.

Lost lambs beying in the knight.

Compare the "smiley face" with:

lattice
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Endless Crop Circle
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JayMark · 2013-01-20T12:52:09Z

Looks like astronomical symbolism.

The "eyes" make me thing of either black holes or spiral galaxies. They could also represent a binary system although both circles are of equal size.

The "smile" could also represent an interaction between what the "eyes" represent.

But anyhow, let's not dismiss the possibility of a prank. With such little information, there's no way to really tell.

Analysis should be done on the black fur to determine if it's paint or anything else. The drawing is still quite well done (especially the spirals).

shellycheval · 2013-01-21T16:57:08Z

Probably

done with a stencil and spray paint.

Ruth · 2013-01-21T19:44:33Z

I wonder if they have problems with sheep stealing? Now....

predictability · 2013-01-24T03:42:40Z

think about it

find out for ur self i mean logically yes it is symbolic but then again if it were unknowably known not to others it would be hard to figure out all just time depending if they can know first from good hearts to bad ones like advice insteed of judging one another cause being right is only in subjects were it is known logically that truth is sometimes stranger than fiction depends on the soul interpreting it and breaking downs ones facts in positive ways not negative peace .predictability

roseyoung · 2013-02-05T21:55:49Z

Your post has to be the world's record for the longest sentence ever written with no punctuation of any kind. As a result, i do not have any idea what it says.

Highland Fleet Lute · 2013-01-24T04:19:15Z

"The key is awareness."

"Lost lambs beying in the knight."

"The "eyes" make me thing of either black holes or spiral galaxies. They could also represent a binary system although both circles are of equal size."

"find out for ur self i mean logically yes it is symbolic but then again if it were unknowably known not to others it would be hard to figure out all just time depending if they can know first from good hearts to bad ones like advice insteed of judging one another cause being right is only in subjects were it is known logically that truth is sometimes stranger than fiction depends on the soul interpreting it and breaking downs ones facts in positive ways not negative peace .predictability"

From The Whitby Gazette....

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danrenak · 2013-01-28T02:42:37Z

Hmmm...

Aren't the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies going to collide in a few billion years?

JayMark ·

What is "time" anyways?

· 2013-02-01T15:49:35Z

roseyoung · 2013-02-05T21:56:40Z

we will just have to wait and see for ourselves.

roseyoung · 2013-02-05T21:52:44Z

painted sheep

Has anyone taken the opportunity to find out if the paint is from this world? Does it ever come off other than from shearing? There's so many strange, unexplained occurances happening.

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