Thousands of crop circles have appeared in fields worldwide. Theories about what created them have included everything from horny hedgehogs to extraterrestrials. In this episode we discuss the history of crop circles and cover who (or what) is really behind them. You can listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, Pandora, or iHeartRadio.
Here are our sources:
Podcasts: Stuff You Should Know, “What’s the Deal with Crop Circles?”; Astonishing Legends, Episodes 206-208: Crop Circles; Unexplained Mysteries, “Crop Circles”
Key Images Discussed in the Episode:
- Hedgehogs cartoon: https://twitter.com/yerufoguy/status/1363101028380516354?s=21
- The Mowing Devil: https://mercuriuspoliticus.wordpress.com/2008/06/07/the-mowing-devil/
- Arecibo message & hoax: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arecibo_message
Other sources:
- http://www.knowledgebank.irri.org/ericeproduction/I.a_Plowing_patterns.htm
- https://www.livescience.com/26540-crop-circles.html
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/crop-circles-the-art-of-the-hoax-2524283/
- https://daily.jstor.org/pssst-crop-circles-were-a-hoax/
- https://www.nature.com/articles/465693a.pdf?origin=ppub
- www.circlemakers.org
- http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2016/03/two-men-started-phenomenon-crop-circles-planks-wire/
- https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-cave-artists-might-ve-knowingly-deprived-themselves-of-oxygen-to-paint
- https://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-08/popsci-qampa-using-modern-tech-make-crop-circles/