Post by Rickster on Oct 19, 2015 7:24:55 GMT -6
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Possibly the original "Crop Circle"
I found this interesting in that it does depict a crop circle to me and quite possibly the first ever recorded and at the time nobody knew. In those days things were explained through witchcraft for an explanation, or the work of the devil.
What I find interesting now is who in America has the two copies and how long have they had them? Why did they feel the need to collect these two artifacts? Wouldn't it be interesting if some of our more famous UFO researchers had these and mums the word.
Possibly the original "Crop Circle"
"The artifact pictured left is a pamphlet dated August 22, 1678, entitled The Mowing-Devil: Or Strange NEWS out of Hertford-shire. It takes the form of a primitive news report, which started life as a woodcut – a type of early printing plate created by carving into a wooden block and then inking it.
The image depicts a demon, scythe in hand, felling crop stems in what seems like a systematic fashion."
The image depicts a demon, scythe in hand, felling crop stems in what seems like a systematic fashion."
"This artifact was rediscovered in 1989 by several crop circle researchers, independently of one another. Some of the details in the accompanying text are worthy of our attention.
The event took place in a field of oats
It occurred overnight
It took place in late August
The oats appeared "neatly mowed" and "lay in the field"
The illustration provides further clues, depicting either oval or (allowing for foreshortening) circular rings in which the oat stems are laid neatly parallel to one another, with their heads away from the centre, and apparently inclining towards an anti-clockwise swirl."
The event took place in a field of oats
It occurred overnight
It took place in late August
The oats appeared "neatly mowed" and "lay in the field"
The illustration provides further clues, depicting either oval or (allowing for foreshortening) circular rings in which the oat stems are laid neatly parallel to one another, with their heads away from the centre, and apparently inclining towards an anti-clockwise swirl."
I found this interesting in that it does depict a crop circle to me and quite possibly the first ever recorded and at the time nobody knew. In those days things were explained through witchcraft for an explanation, or the work of the devil.
"What became of the original wood carving is not known, but there are apparently three original copies of the printed pamphlet in existence. Two are kept in America, the third in the British Library, London. Circles researcher Andy Thomas has seen and handled this original copy.
The pamphlet was reprinted at least twice in the 19th Century, and one of these copies was sold at public auction in March 1994 by Woolley & Wallis, appropriately enough in Salisbury, Wiltshire. Pictured left is a news report announcing the auction. It is not known why these 19th Century reprints were made, but it has been speculated that interest was aroused by contemporary events of a similar nature."
The pamphlet was reprinted at least twice in the 19th Century, and one of these copies was sold at public auction in March 1994 by Woolley & Wallis, appropriately enough in Salisbury, Wiltshire. Pictured left is a news report announcing the auction. It is not known why these 19th Century reprints were made, but it has been speculated that interest was aroused by contemporary events of a similar nature."
