Posted on 07/24/2009 4:46:42 PM PDT by JoeProBono
A man has been arrested after allegedly firing a shotgun at people visiting a crop circle.
The 62-year-old reportedly hid in a tent in the centre of the circle before jumping out and firing over the heads of a group of tourists, thought to be from Norway.
The incident happened following the appearance of a crop circle in fields close to the village of Allington, near Devizes, Wiltshire.
The group of tourists fled and called police, who sent armed officers and a helicopter to the scene at around 2pm on Monday.
The 300ft crop circle is thought to be of an ancient bird.
Nearby Cannings Cross Farm lost thousands of pounds worth of crops in 2007 after a 500ft pattern appeared in a field.
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Vandalism. Perps should be prosecuted. maybe farmers should be camped out in tents outside their fields with night vision goggles and videocams.
> “had been arrested for possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence.”
America, 2010
What a pack of whiners. They should have just gone to the pub.
His mistake? Letting them get away to tell....
Sounds like a farmer chasing off trespassers. I'm certain that if I had fired a shotgun "at" people, I would have hit them. The same is probably true of the farmer.
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