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A crop circle that suddenly appeared in a German field lasted just a few days as the farmer who owns the property harvested the design before too many people could swarm the site. The mysterious design was reportedly discovered on July 19th when a balloonist passed over Franz Zerhoch's land and noticed the curious formation (seen below) that resembled the spiked ball atop the Morning Star medieval weapon. With crop circles being fairly rare in Germany, where they are known as Kornkreise, the farmer knew it was only a matter of time before his property was crawling with curious onlookers.
More on this story, including a before-and-after look at the crop circle, at the Coast to Coast AM website.