Tryon, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Reported 28th September
FORMATION REPORTED ON PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
*Preliminary Report*
Just when we thought the season was over in this country...
Yet another formation reported, found on September 28, near town of Tryon on Prince Edward
Island, along Canada's east coast. Large "triplet" with connecting pathways, in
winter rye. Copy of newspaper article, with report from Mike Mella, who first reported it,
follows:
Here's an article which appeared in The Guardian, our local newspaper, regarding the crop circle found in Prince Edward Island, Canada, which I mentioned the other day (parts in square brackets are my additional notes):
"Who, or what, left
Tryon's crop circles?" by Doug Gallant
The Guardian, Tuesday, September 29th, 1998
Tryon [a region of Prince Edward Island] has a new tourist attraction, although nobody
seems to know how it got there. Or why.
The attraction lies in John Visser's winter rye grain field which runs along the
Trans-Canada Highway.
There, visible from the highway, are three large crop circles, all of which are connected
by paths. Two of the circles measure just over 40 feet across while the third measures
over 50 feet. Within those circles, anything that might have been standing has been
completely flattened, while nothing outside the circles or paths that connect them has
been touched, save by the feet of the curious, hundreds of whom turned up over the weekend
after word of the phenomenon spread through Tryon and neighbouring communities.
Harry Craig, of Craig's Convenience Store in Crapaud [another region of P.E.I.], says the
circles have been the subject of much conversation and no small amount of speculation.
"Little green men?" Craig says with a grin. "I don't think so. But it's
strange. I can't think of any piece of machinery I know of that would make cuts so perfect
[a bad choice of words, since I
myself can testify to the fact that the stalks were not cut]. The two small circles are
exactly the same size, and the paths that connect them are all the same width."
Potato producer John Visser says the circles look to have been there since the middle of
August. They were first brought to his attention by a man from the Bedeque area who
spotted them while flying overhead in his private plane. Does Visser have any idea how
they got there? "I haven't got the foggiest idea where they came from. And I don't
see any tracks that would lead me to believe somebody trucked equipment in there."
Could it be aliens?
"I don't believe in little green men from outer space," Visser said. "And
I'm not going to speculate either. As close as I come to speculation is being in the
potato business." He would say, though, that the wind has been known to flatten
ground like that. "A little twister could do that, and we do get them from time to
time." Visser says it doesn't really matter how they got there, or who made them
because they're not going to be there much longer.
"I'll be running a disc through that field in a couple of days. It won't matter what
was there."
Similar finds elsewhere in the world have been attributed to anything from aliens looking
for a place to land, the popular choice of tabloid newspapers; to the more-plausible
explanation of pranksters with time on their hands who carefully measure out their
"designer-crop circles," then meticulously flatten the growth within those
circles with planks or sections of wood which they either swing in circles or lay flat and
stand on.
Once I found out where the formation was, I went to see it myself. I'm not exactly an
expert, but from what I could tell by looking at the circles, and drawing on my previous,
albeit admittedly limited knowledge about crop-formations, it looked pretty impressive to
me. That is, if it was a hoax, it was well-done, probably by someone who at least knows
what 'authentic' circles
are supposed to look like.
I noticed that the stalks were laid counter-clockwise, but since it's now a high-traffic
area due to all the publicity, I couldn't tell if they had originally been broken or bent
(they're all trampled now).
Also, from what I could tell when I visited the field, there seemed to be a ring, about 4
feet wide, of flattened grain surrounding the large circle. However, as you can see,
there's no mention of it in the article, so I suppose it may have been made by spectators.
--Mike.
For further information or correspondence,
contact:
Paul Anderson
Director
CIRCLES PHENOMENON RESEARCH CANADA
Affiliate of Circles Phenomenon Research International
Main Web Site: www.geocities.com/Area51/Cavern/3310
Director
MILLENNIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE
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Representative
BLT RESEARCH, INC.
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