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BOREHAM WOOD, NR LOCKERIDGE, WILTSHIRE
On this humid night, in front of
the large trees of West Woods we filmed this curious formation. A slight
departure to what has gone before it, as this shape appears to have some
ancient quality to its overall design.
As we entered the formation, we
immediately noticed something extremely odd! The entire outer section of
the crop had been shredded, as if the farmer had come in and defaced just
this part of the design. However this unusual episode became even more
bizarre, as the inner design to the formation had been left totally
intact. Even the four petal shapes around the perimeter had been
completely untouched. Whoever had come in and cut the already downed crop
had clearly enough respect for the entire design.
This kind of event is extremely
rare. In my 15 years of research I have only encountered this twice, and
this was the second time! It reminded me of the galaxy formation along the
Avebury Avenue in 1994, which had its entire internal detail cut out,
leaving the overall outline intact.
Whatever was around the outer part
to this odd design, wasn't around for long. We can only think of two
scenarios for this eccentric act.
Firstly, the farmer may have come
into the formation, and wanted to spoil the design for the researchers and
general public. However nobody from the road could tell if the formation
had been defaced, as the entire shape could still be clearly visible. So
it would defeat any object to keep people away.
Secondly, whatever information was
available within the outer edge of the pattern was so sensitive that it
had to be removed very quickly. Conspiracies can
rise from such a notion, very much like what happened in 1994 at the
Avebury Avenue. Once again we can only speculate on what really took place
and for what reasons?
The filming was a great success,
as the warm light created excellent opportunities for dramatic shots. We
only spent around one and one half hours at the site as the light was
fading. However that was enough time to take pole shots, carry out a
little presenting and film some atmospheric shots across the formation.
Stuart Dike |
