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First published on August 16, 1990 THE money-spinning corn circles at Alton Barnes, near Marlborough, were harvested on Monday, after bringing in more than £5,000 in souvenir takings. The shapes some observers believe are formed by extra-terrestrial forces were removed by a more down-to-earth machine, a combine harvester. Farmer Tim Carson said: "I can't really leave them any longer. They have become so tatty. The number of people coming in has slowed to a trickle during the week, but is still good at the weekends. Also the risk of fire is great." In the 33 days since the circles appeared at Stratton's Farm, 600 T-shirts, 250 photographs and hundreds of key rings have been sold to thousands of visitors. Souvenir takings came to more than £5,000, not counting the £1 admissions. Money will be donated to the Family Holiday Association and the Alton Barnes village hall fund. Meanwhile, the corn formations at Beckhampton have also been harvested. Farmer Steve Horton's girlfriend, Susan Molesworth said: "It's good news as far as we are concerned. We don't want people wandering over fields." Although charging visitors £1 to see the shapes, which included a triangle, she said no fortunes had been made. "We just covered our costs," she said. "We're just glad now to get on with our lives." The couple gave £100 to Bishops Cannings church. Corn riddle plugged? AS the corn circles are harvested yet another theory has been forwarded to explain their appearance. Engineering inspector Phillip Ockwell claims that falling underground water supplies suck the corn flat by the same process as bathwater swirls down the plughole. "It's a turbine effect of the water dropping," said the 41-year-old from Meysey Hampton, near Cirencester. He further claims the formations, including the ones at Alton Barnes and Beckhampton, near Marlborough, are shapes explained by basic geometry and mathematics using the ancient sarsen monoliths of Stonehenge as a central point. When he asked about the £10,000 reward to explaining the phenomena, he was told a national Sunday newspaper had offered the money. Back to 1990 index |
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