'RADIAL' CROP CIRCLE - GRENFELL, SASKATCHEWAN Preliminary Report - August 16, 2000
Report received this afternoon of a new circle just found at Grenfell, Saskatchewan, east of Regina, by local reporter Jamie Gibson.
Formation is a small single circle, only about 10 feet in diameter, in mature wheat. What is interesting about this circle however, is
the lay, which is radial, with the wheat stalks flattened out from the centre to the outside edges. A similar pattern was seen in the
large seven-circle Edmonton, Alberta #2 formation in barley from last year.
No tracks were reported found in or around the circle, and the centre region is darkened or "singed" appearing.
Further details, images when available. This is the fourth report now for 2000 in Canada.
On a related note, there is a report from Ron Russell, Midwest Research, of new formations in North Dakota, USA, close to the
Canadian border (details pending), as well as the recent "scalloped circles" formation in Oregon, courtesy Carol Pedersen,
CCCS-Oregon. Must be that time of year again...!
Paul Anderson
GRENFELL REPORT
On August 27th while driving back to Saskatoon from the dumbbell formation
in Moosomin we had the opportunity to take a look at the small formation on
the farm of Lloyd Arthur located just south of Grenfell, Saskatchewan.
Although Lloyd was not at home at the time, his son was kind enough to show
us the way to the formation. Located in the field of wheat about 30 yards off
the gravel road it was apparent that it was not the classic type of formation
we are all used to seeing. Measuring approximately 10 feet in diameter it
was plain to see it was not a neat or perfect circle. Both the floor of the
formation still showing a slight radial effect and the outer edges offered no
uniformity giving the whole formation a very disorganized and messy
appearance. This could be partially due to the damage caused to the formation
after being recently swathed and also the visitors it attracted since being
discovered August 9th.
The crop seemed to be pushed down from the centre and out in all directions
into the standing crop giving the formation an uneven circumference. Although time restrictions did not allow us to do any sampling, I did notice
some swollen node abnormalities, even the odd stem of crop bent completely
at a right angle at the node itself. Because the field was already swathed it
was hard to tell if there were any colour differences as previously reported.
We concluded our brief examination by taking the following photos and also
doing a compass and battery check inside the formation. No abnormalities
were discovered. Small but interesting, it would of been nice to spend more
time examining.
Dennis Eklund
CPR-Canada
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
dbrentt@home.com
UPDATE #1 - GRENFELL, SASKATCHEWAN CROP CIRCLE
Following is a ground report on the Grenfell, Saskatchewan circle from Dennis Eklund, Saskatchewan director for CPR-Canada. It should be
noted that both the farmer and reporter who initially reported the circle
described a neat, radial lay pattern, with the formation apparently suffering considerable damage by the time Dennis was able to get to it
on the 27th. Ground shot photos from Dennis are now posted on the web site as well:
http://www.geocities.com/grenfell00.html
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