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Another mysterious crop circle has appeared in an Adams County soybean field. The formation was found on St. Rt. 41, south of West Union, across from the entrance to Roy Pence Road. The crop circle, found on the farm of Jack and Sherry Ellis, is believed to have been in the field for three to four weeks, according to Jeff Wilson, an independent crop circle investigator from Dexter, Mich.

The circle is believed to be in the formation of a dream catcher, according to Doug McIlwain, president of the Great Serpent Mound Chapter of the American Society of Dowsers. Dream catchers are an ancient spiritual tool used to help assure good dreams to those that sleep under them. A dream catcher is usually placed over a place where a person would sleep so that the morning light can hit it. While sleeping, all dreams from the spirit world have to pass through the dream catcher. Only good dreams can pass through the hole in the center while the bad dreams are caught in the webbing and are destroyed by the morning light.

McIlwain stated the authenticity of the circle has not been confirmed, however, there are designs present in the circle in the shape of an hour glass, which is consistent with authentic circles. Richard Barnhouse, also aiding in the investigation, is trying to link the design with different types of languages. Barnhouse said that the design is believed to be a form of language and is trying to determine the message from the formation.

Wilson, who also investigated the Serpent Mound formation, stated that the circle was created prior to the first frost of the season, meaning that the plants were green at the time of its creation. An estimated eight plants were found inside the circle that had held their green color despite the recent weather and typical drying process soybeans undergo prior to harvest. Upon examining the entire field, no other green plants were found.

"There's not enough evidence to determine authenticity," said Wilson, "I have found things that are unusual but cannot make a determination."

Wilson went on to say that soybean plants possess a fuzz on the outer portion of the stem which was missing on the flattened plants inside the formation. The fuzz was missing from the plants from tip to tip, unlike some plants in hoax formations. Within these hoax formations, the fuzz may be missing from a portion of the plants, or missing in areas on the plant, caused by boards or other objects flattening the beans. The fact that the fuzz is missing from the entire plant is consistent with an authentic formation, but Wilson said this may have been caused by the inclement weather.

Wilson also said nothing unusual appeared during electro-magnetic detection. A small, three-foot rope was found within one of the circles of the formation. Wilson reported the rope was identical to one used to start small engines, with knots melted on both ends. He was quick to rule out the possibility that the rope was used in the creation of the circle.

"It was a starter rope like any of those you can buy at your local hardware," Wilson said.

Like the Serpent Mound formation, it has been reported that an ancient burial ground lies near the location of the newest circle, however, Barnhouse, who is also involved in Native American studies, has no record of such site.

McIlwain said that the new circle is smaller than the Serpent Mound formation. Wilson stated that the circle is reminiscent of other circles that appeared in Wisconsin in the late 90's. The largest circle in the new design is forty-foot in diameter. According to McIlwain, two other crop circles have appeared in the county since the Serpent Mound formation, however, both have been proven to be hoaxes.

A final report has not been filed on the Serpent Mound formation, said Wilson, as he is waiting on further information. As for the newest creation, signs are posted on the property warning onlookers to not trespass. Wilson said the best view is from higher ground on Roy Pence Road, but those interested in seeing the circle should hurry, there are plans to harvest the crop sometime this week.

This is strange-but true; for truth is always strange; Stranger than fiction.

AVEBURY, ENGLAND -- "Crop circles?" said the pleasant young English woman enjoying a cup of tea after visiting the ancient stone circle here with her husband and child. "Well, they're all hoaxes, aren't they?"

Asked how she knows, she responded confidently: "I saw it on TV." And there, ladies and gentlemen, you have the issue in a nutshell.

Crop circles, those astonishing, beautiful, enigmatic designs that have been mysteriously appearing in cereal crops for decades, particularly in southern England, undeniably exist. But how they're made, and more importantly, who makes them and why, has been and continues to be a matter of lively, and often
acrimonious, debate.

The mysterious formations divide people into two camps: debunkers, who view crop circles as a clever hoax perpetrated by people crushing down grain with boards, and believers, who see them as a spiritual message from a higher intelligence.

Despite the debunkers, however, crop circles continue to attract thousands of tourists to southern England annually to see them first-hand.

Known as "croppies," they come from as far away as Australia and Japan, many on organized tours, to spend their days walking into new formations that appear, usually overnight, in fields of grain almost daily during the growing season.

"I had to come and see this for myself, knowing there was a deep, deep meaning for all humanity.

How could it be anything else?" explained Mia Tschampel, who is a mind/body therapist and retired art teacher from Tucson, Ariz. "I wanted to go inside a circle and have that experience. It's like going to see the great pyramids in Egypt."

Tschampel was one of 10 Americans and one Canadian on a week- long crop-circle tour in late July led by Chet Snow, a U.S. author, lecturer and therapist, and his wife Kallista, from Sedona, Ariz.

Snow's interest started when he noticed how closely some of the crop designs resembled sacred Hopi Indian rock carvings. He has been leading groups into crop circles since 1992. Based in the Parklands Hotel in the village of Osborne St. George, the group was, with the exception of one man and a teenage boy accompanying his mother, composed of women between the ages of 40 and 60.

Included in the group was a filmmaker doing a documentary on crop circles; a writer; a tattooed, Harley Davidson-driving priestess; a psychic; an artist, and several others describing themselves as healers or therapists and all well versed in
metaphysical, so-called "New Age" philosophy.

They spent the week exploring part of Wiltshire where the vast majority of the 100 or so formations that appear annually in England are found. It's an area of green, gently rolling, treeless hills offering stunning views for many kilometers, with fields of golden wheat, barley and other grains stretching to the horizon, dotted by
picture-postcard villages built of centuries-old stone and thatched roofs.

It's also a place of ancient monuments like Avebury and Silbury Hill dating back at least 4,000 years, their original purpose shrouded in mystery. The tour included visits to these Neolithic masterpieces, including the sacred stone circle at Avebury, the largest in Europe, spanning 396 meters, covering nearly 12 hectares and surrounded by a ditch that was once nine meters deep.

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