crop circles

Remember all the mystery surrounding the crop circles that began appearing all over southern England back in the 1980's?  Even some scientists (with no evidence) claimed that the designs were so complex that no humans could have possibly created them.

After several years and hundreds of crop circles, two Brits, Doug Bower and Dave Chorley, stepped forward in 1991 and claimed credit for all of the crop circles in England.  They revealed their sketches that became crop designs and even created a few under the watchful eyes of a skeptical press.

The press didn't seem to want to believe the two hoaxers.  They were skeptical of Bower and Chorley's story.  They wanted to believe that the circles were created by aliens, so the confession garnered far less press coverage than the appearance of new crop circles.  You may have never heard of Bower and Chorley, and that wouldn't be very surprising.  Humanity likes a good mystery better than solving a good mystery (hello, God!) 

Years later, crop circles now appear on practically every continent, some with amazing complexity and many made just for fun.  Sometimes they are made as a marketing stunt. 

Bower and Chorley showed how easy it was to pull the wool over everyone's eyes, even scientists.  It seems we would much rather believe a complicated mystery over a simple human story.  Think about it.  Case in point.