July 21, 2008

Crop circles appear at Holmesville

Posted By Sarah McDonald

Tornadoes, pranksters and the ever-popular flying saucer theory were topics up for debate by excited visitors gathered inside the series of crop circles discovered on the property of Bert and JoAnne VanMaar near Holmesville, Friday morning.

The formation, a series of five connected circles, ranging in descending order from approximately 55 feet, down to 16 feet, was discovered at about 7:30 a.m. on Friday by Don Wyse and Albert Wubs.

The Van Maars’ neighbour, Al Feddes said that when he drove by the field to check his barn at about 2:30 the same morning while the hydro was out, he didn’t notice anything unusual in the field.

JoAnne VanMaar said she hadn’t subscribed to one particular theory about how the pattern came to be in her family’s field but she was certainly enjoying the novelty of the situation. “I don’t know, it’s just amazing, just to see it,” she laughed. “That’s good entertainment.”