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The force of sound may be a logical explanation for the previously unexplained phenomena of crop circles.

February 2005

by Freddy Silva

During the twilight days of 1998, small articles tucked away in the nether regions of the British press quietly announced “Unknown Force Was Behind Corn Circles, Claims Hoaxer.” This dramatic U-turn by the surviving member of the infamous Doug and Dave duo—the English sexagenarians who since 1991 have misled the world with tales of their crop-flattening prowess with planks of wood—illustrates that the hand of man materialized in crop circle lore long after the real phenomenon manifested.

Although hoaxers claim to have orchestrated the phenomenon in 1978, unpublished evidence at the time showed approximately 200 sporadic reports of Read the rest of this entry »

Even the Irish Parliament was concerned when workmen laid down their tools rather than offend the little men.

July-August 1952

by Harold Wilkins

This music was included in the orginal 1952 article. If there are readers out there who can play this music, we would love to hear what it sounds like!

In the summer of 1950 I tramped the roads of southern Ireland. On the road to the Township of Cork I got into an interesting conversation with a man who told me he was a bus conductor. The talk turned to the subject of ban­shees and fairies called, by the old Irish, “good  people.” They are said to be supernatural beings attached to ancient families and to descendants of ancient Irish kings and chieftains. The banshees ap­pear and announce the imminent deaths of members of these old Irish families. The sign of their coming is often an appalling scream in the night, or just before dawn. Read the rest of this entry »