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The Irony Of It All
Brad Hollerbach

'Crop Circle' In Lawn Suggests Alien Invasion

Posted Monday, August 24, 2009, at 12:00 AM

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  • Definately Allien landing craft. You can clearly see where the x shaped landing weels hit your lawn and killed some of the grass. They main question is why they picked your lawn? Are they up to something. Do they want something you posses, or are they hired by a newspaper competitor to spy on you?

    -- Posted by interesting on Mon, Aug 24, 2009, at 10:39 AM
  • That's a very good question, Interesting. Why my lawn? I can't imagine, I have anything of value that THEY would want.

    Personally, I think they're lost and like Bugs Bunny so many times "should have made a left toin at Albukoykee." That would have got them to Roswell.

    Thanks for reading.

    -- Posted by Brad_Hollerbach on Mon, Aug 24, 2009, at 10:53 AM
  • Definitely sounds like you're dealing with a fairy ring. There are three types of fairy rings. Dead cirles, heightened greener turf, and circles of mushrooms. Sounds like yours is type II. This will keep getting larger and larger unless treated. Look for Prostar (fungicide) to treat this. I've also heard of people spreading cornmeal on these.

    -- Posted by truetiger98 on Mon, Aug 24, 2009, at 12:54 PM
  • "Fairy rings also occupy a prominent place in European folklore as the location of gateways into elfin kingdoms, or places where elves gather and dance."

    Definitely a Fairy Ring. I would stake it out at dusk and see what happens. Aliens are so last year. Fairies are this year's thing. Fairies and elves.

    Maybe get one of those lawn gnome things and set it out in your yard..and why stop at a lawn gnome? Get one of those geese you can change the clothes on and those mushroom statues. Soon your yard will look like my grandmothers and you will have the added bonus of an elfin/fairy kingdom.

    -- Posted by hpgirl23 on Mon, Aug 24, 2009, at 1:35 PM
  • Hmmmm. I hadn't thought about gnomes or fairies as an explanation.

    We do own a couple of gnome statues. We thot they were just decorations (that's what we use them for) but maybe they were actually pilfered from some gnome / fairie / elf burial ground and now they want them back... with interest.

    Sounds like a bad horror film doesn't it?

    TFR

    -- Posted by Brad_Hollerbach on Mon, Aug 24, 2009, at 2:45 PM
  • I always thought mushrooms liked it wet, fertile soil. This part of my yard is neither.

    Nah, I think I must be either aliens or gnomes looking for blood. The exact 7 foot measurement has me a little stumped. Wee bit too precise.

    TFR.

    -- Posted by Brad_Hollerbach on Mon, Aug 24, 2009, at 8:31 PM
  • You're dating yourself Ainamolagem. I haven't heard that reference in a while. Didn't the Noid ride off into the sunset on Spuds Mackenzie.

    -- Posted by Brad_Hollerbach on Mon, Aug 24, 2009, at 8:48 PM
  • Could be a long forgotten septic tank.

    -- Posted by suefrommo on Mon, Aug 24, 2009, at 8:56 PM
  • Don't think it's a septic tank, Sue. It's on the north side of the house and the sewer which is original to the house runs east / west. I briefly thought it might be an oil tank, but the original furnace is still shoved in one corner of the basement. It was a hulking coal burner that was converted at some point to natural gas.

    If it's not a fairy ring, I think a cistern is quite possible. The city water line comes into the house about 5 feet from the ring. Only problem with that theory is no subsidence(sp?) which I would expect.

    Ah yes, Spuds was too clever a marketing idea for his own time. He appealed too much to children and that got him canned.

    I have a stamped metal advertising sign of Spuds that I picked up when they auctioned off the contents of Griffs bar back in the mid 90s. That was a great bar.

    TFR

    -- Posted by Brad_Hollerbach on Mon, Aug 24, 2009, at 9:45 PM
  • Ya, while I enjoyed reading your theories on the aliens, that's obviously not a crop circle, it's a fairy ring. And let me tell you, you'd better be a lot more worried about that than about the aliens. DO NOT step inside that thing, man!

    -- Posted by MusicMaker on Tue, Aug 25, 2009, at 4:47 PM
  • I don’t know if someone is playing a prank on us or what’s going on out here on our lawn but I’m looking for some answers. That’s what brought me to your blog. Yesterday morning i was walking back to my house from my plum tree and blue berry bushes as I do every single day and I noticed a discolored circle ⭕️ on my front lawn. I stopped and took a picture of it because well I’ve never seen anything like it before other than on tv and because it wasn’t there before yesterday morning. I would’ve noticed it!!!! I do all the yard work and furthermore I had just been picking blueberries the day before right across the driveway from where it appeared. Now I’ve never believed in aliens and I really don’t know who would want to play a silly trick on us but I am baffled by this. I would like to post a picture of it please and get your opinion. It looks a lot like the one you have posted except the one in my yard isn’t dark, it’s light; sort of yellow discoloration and the grass isn’t dead. Is there a way for me to post a picture? Thank you Keri S Dunaway

    -- Posted by Keri Dunaway on Thu, May 31, 2018, at 11:04 PM
  • I experienced two of these same lawn circles, in our small 40' lot, with a 7' dia. The first sighting was about 25 yrs ago, within a few feet just to the right rear of our home. The second sighting circle about 10 yrs later was the same size of the first circle, but this time to the left rear of house and again just a few feet away from house. Both circles were about 25' apart. The image's stayed visible for over a year ea. leaving that area a darker green than surrounding grass that was mowed weekly during the warmer months in Michigan. We live in a city community far from open farm fields, like where most circles are found.

    -- Posted by steve on Thu, Nov 15, 2018, at 12:36 PM