Cerchi nel grano - Crop circles
1 Aprile 2003: Arcugnano (Vicenza)
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(We apologize for possible errors in the translation) The 2nd of April 2003 comes out an article on the newspaper "Giornale di Vicenza” entitled “Mysterious circles in the grass”: "excuse me, I wanted to tell that there are some circles in a field, in front of my house. That kind of circles that could be made by Ufos". This was, yesterday, the phone call received by our editing. And immediately the fantasy goes to the crops circles, those of the film "Signs" with the famous Australian actor Mel Gibson. [...] but... «Attention. Today is the first of April»... (the day of the jokes). What to do? The first thing is to verify the name of whom is on the other side of the telephone. He's a neighbor, and not the owner of the ground. But he stays available and gives all his addresses, house and workplace. Then, a serious person. It doesn't deal with a joke. But, will it be true then? Better checking. We move, destination "campoverde", nearby Costa street, in Lapio, fraction of Arcugnano. There was not Mel Gibson waiting for us, and we are sorry about it. And those signs, on the field, in truth, they don't resemble to those very beautiful ones that can be seen in the english Wessex. They are two circles with the diameter of twelve and five meters around, and can be distinguished only if you carefully stare at the field. A green field, hardly cut. No ears of wheat, therefore, unlike the movie. The contour of those circles are made by locks of taller more green grass. The Dal Lago family, owner of the ground, is worried since when, about ten days ago, after having cut the lawn, those circles have appeared again.[...] Lady Dal Lago explains that this was not the first time that strange circles appeared in her field.[...] «Could have been the extraterrestrials? - Lady Dal Lago answer: I don't really think. I believe instead that these Americans have done something strange: we actually are here among the bases of san Gottardo, the one of Longare and the one of Fontega. Who knows what they could have done? Maybe this is radioactive stuff, and it is for this that the grass goes out more green? Who can know it? Some years ago, some students of the university have made some collectings, but then they never gave me any answers». Discarded the UFOs hypothesis, perhaps it deals with a chemical phenomenon only, or maybe is only a problem of low knowledge of the phenomenon; or it perhaps deals with a joke. But the first of April avery joke is granted. Few days later the same newspaper "Giornale di Vicenza" returns on the case with a new article in which is said that to the origin of the two circles in Arcugnano, could have been fungus, bacteria, or fertilizers |