Appearance of apparent crop circle creates a puzzle at Puck's Farm
By Bill Rea

No one seems to know what caused this apparent crop circle at Puck's farm near Schomberg.

So what is the latest attraction at Puck's Farm, and how did it get there?

The Canadian Crop Circle Research Network (CCCRN) has reported a formation appeared late last week in a field of sorghum. It's approximately 60 feet in diameter, circular, with eight spokes aligned with points on the compass. there were no apparent tracks heading into the area, and no one seems to know how it got there.

"No idea," was the explanation offered by Puck's Farm managing Director Frazier Mohawk.

He said one of the staff members at the farm had noticed the crop had been disturbed in what appeared to be a pattern, and that person casually mentioned it.

They thought at first that it might have been a prank by neighbourhood kids, but Mohawk admitted he was having trouble believing they would have been so precise in doing something like that as a joke. He added CCCRN people seem to agree. "They are surprised with the precision of it and the exactness," he said.

Sorghum is a crop which looks like corn, and is used at the farm as ground cover. Mohawk estimated it was 10 to 12 feet in height in the area of the disturbance. He added the plants have been flattened in the circular formation, going counter clockwise. As well, they have laid down rather than been broken, which is a little unusual, since he said sorghum is brittle.

This development has attracted a lot of attention, including a segment on AChannel Sunday night, which outlined the mystery, but offered little in the way of answers.

Mohawk was quoted in that segment, during which he ruled out the possibility that deer were responsible, pointing to an absence of manure.

"Most things are fairly explainable around here," he told A-Channel. "This isn't one of them."

He also said he's been getting calls from as far away as Newfoundland.

Joanna Emery, Ontario spokesperson for CCCRN, could offer little more in the way of information, apart from confirming it's a crop circle and it's still being investigated.

She said it could have been caused by something natural, although the alignment of the spokes is "highly unusual."

"There seems to be some sort of intelligence behind it," she added.

Beyond that, she said when it comes to a cause, "that's still a big question."

Emery wouldn't rule out the possibility of a prank either, although she said the information coming from Mohawk seemed credible.

She added there's no real evidence to connect a crop circle to unidentified flying objects.

"I think people will form their own opinions and believe whatever they want to believe," she remarked.