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Old 07-July-2009, 09:02 AM
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Originally Posted by tashirosgt View Post
The boards-and-strings theory needs elaboration. One possibility is that the layout is done with GPS...
You're joking, right? You do realize man-made crop circles predate GPS deployment by several decades...

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Another possibility is that that certain landmark points are put down days before the crop circle is completed...
Not necessary.

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Another possibility is that the design of the circle incorporates certain nice geometric coincidences that makes laying it out easy.
Bingo, and with a single length of rope, at that. Fully capable of bisecting angles, creating triangles, and subsequently smaller circles.
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