So I just finished watching a show about crop circles on the Travel Channel. And being a cynic and magician, I found a lot of their stuff difficult to stomach. Sadly the program freely intermixed legitimate sources with complete nutcases, and a few in the middle ground, which made it difficult to buy what these people were saying.
They spoke about how, in a crop circle, there often is a good deal of electrical equipment failure and issues. This was said with complete seriousness, despite the fact that it was raining, and everyone was sporting panchos and umbrellas. Perhaps it’s water that causes your problems? And even on a dry day, it is possible to attribute these problems to operator error or battery loss.
Another complete crock that they used as proof is dowsing rods. Magicians use these from time to time, and there’s no need for earth energy or ghosts to move them for you. Modern ones are held in the closed fist, and with a tiny rotation of the wrist they will sway to the left or right.
As with most supernatural-looking phenomenon, it attracts people who want to believe. And as such, through the power of suggestion and forgone conclusions, they experience things that aren’t really there. Going with an open mind is one thing, but going expectantly is not very credible.
And here’s a big hint that I got from the show: crop circles have been getting more advanced over the years! In the 1800’s, they didn’t have crop circles as complex as we do today. Do any of the theories about aliens, earth energy, or ancient gods consider this fact?
So how are these other-worldly designs made? Simple. By humans.
A brief Google excursion tells me exactly how, and even shows some of the artists who do it. This is the most amazing thing of all to me: that there is a logical, proven, explainable answer for the circles, yet people still persist that the circles are superhuman in nature.
At least there’s no more mystery surrounding where lightning comes from: we all know that Zeus makes it 
