crop circles

Crop Circle Coke Wallabies Go Wild!!

by podblack on June 25, 2009

Thanks to the Derren Browne Blog for this one! AP Press – ‘High’ wallabies blamed for Aussie crop circles: Wallabies snacking in opium poppy fields are getting “high as a kite” and hopping around creating crop circles. Tasmania is the world’s largest producer of legally-grown opium for the pharmaceutical market. Tasmania attorney-general Lara Giddings told a [...]

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Crop Circles? Try Rice Paddy Art!

by podblack on July 2, 2008

From Pink Tentacle’s “Rice paddy art in Yamagata”: In the Yamagata prefecture town of Yonezawa, an image of 16th-17th century samurai Naoe Kanetsugu has appeared in a field near the Onogawa hot spring. The samurai, whose image is based on a portrait housed at the nearby Uesugi Museum, appears along with a pair of fireflies [...]

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Skeptical Books for Children – Part One

by podblack on January 17, 2008

At least twice a year, some well-meaning person announces on a message board, forum board, email discussion or just during a conversation at a conference that they’re planning on putting together a book for kids that will tout the skeptical message. I’ve been involved with the initial stages of one myself; it’s a bold adventure, [...]

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