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Saturday evening had been a most unusual
experience. I had been camped in the field next to the hill fort at
Barbury Castle, hoping for a spectacular sunrise to photograph.
Throughout the night, I saw about a dozen strange dull off-white
glowing lights following the contour of surrounding hills, yet
despite the breeze blowing toward me, the night was totally silent.
The sunrise was very picturesque, however, this was not my only
surprise. As I stood on the fort's edge, I became aware of a
gigantic crop formation, which was most definitely not there when
the sun had set the previous night.
It was about 8am when I entered the field of green barley, which
stood about 3 feet tall. It was easy to find my way to the
formation, having seen it from the hill fort, and using a large area
of dead immature barley in the corner of the field as a reference.
The formation itself is not visible from either the road, or the
edge of the field due to it's position on the uneven surface of the
field.
I was excited about this one, as I may well have been the first
visitor since it's creation. Half an hour, and 45 minutes after I
arrived, several other visitors turned up, but prior to their
arrival, I could find no footprints other than my own anywhere
within, or leading up to the formation. My first thought as I
entered the formation was WOW!! It is huge, a lot bigger than it
seemed from up on the hill. On the ground, most of the barley was
laid at the base of the stem, with no obvious sign of other
breakage, or scuff marks. There were patches within the formation,
where the barley had begun standing up again. An interesting
discovery I made, was that many leaves on the flattened plants had
taken on a 'twisting' effect, which I was unable to find in standing
plants outside the formation. The entire field is covered in bald
and untidy patches, many are where the formation is located. This
will give the edges an untidy look in places.
For me, this is a very special circle because first, I may well have
been the first visitor :o) and second because it has a Aztec
connection, in that it's appearance at this time would coincide with
the ancient prophecy of the appearance of a celestial body (Nibiru)
in our solar system in 2012, which may be visible approaching from
late 2009.
This is an absolutely gorgeous formation, and I enjoyed every moment
of being within it. I left after 2 hours inside it, when a
helicopter arrived and hovered over the formation. When I zoomed in,
I could see someone taking photographs, so I left to formation, to
allow him (Steve Alexander?) to get a clean shot without anyone
inside it.
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