Welcome to the latest installment of “Writer Fuel – cool real-world stories that might inspire your little writer heart. Check out our Writer Fuel page on the LimFic blog for more inspiration. Today:
Crop circles — strange patterns that appear mysteriously overnight in farmers’ fields and often attributed to aliens or UFOs — are not simply the wild fantasies of Hollywood directors. No, Crop circles are real. This phenomena provokes puzzlement, delight and intrigue among the press and public alike.
The circles are mostly found in the United Kingdom, particularly in South-West England according to BBC Travel, but have spread to dozens of countries around the world in past decades. The mystery has inspired countless books, blogs, fan groups, researchers (dubbed “cereologists” according to Pacific Standard) and even Hollywood television series and films such as The X Files and M Night Shyamalan’s Signs.
Despite having been studied for decades, the question remains: Who, or what, is making them?
