Not Pixies After All
May 22, 2008 7:05 PM Subscribe
"It is definitely not a UFO thing, crop circles, tree-killing fungus or meteors falling from the sky," Hamilton laughs. He does admit, though, that forest rings have "a million mysteries." For example, the electrical field found inside the forest rings is a puzzle that needs to be solved.
I, for one, welcome our new forest overlords.
posted by davidstandaford at 7:24 PM on May 22, 2008
posted by davidstandaford at 7:24 PM on May 22, 2008
Very interesting! I think I remember seeing circles like this in aerial photos before and I never thought to wonder about them. Cool!
posted by The Light Fantastic at 7:56 PM on May 22, 2008
posted by The Light Fantastic at 7:56 PM on May 22, 2008
Cooool.
posted by LobsterMitten at 8:39 PM on May 22, 2008
posted by LobsterMitten at 8:39 PM on May 22, 2008
Why does Northern Ontario have so many more forest rings than anywhere else? Answer: what the fuck else is there to do in Northern Ontario?
posted by SassHat at 9:26 PM on May 22, 2008
posted by SassHat at 9:26 PM on May 22, 2008
I reckon the great honking fuck-off asteroid that splashed down and created Hudson's Bay hived off all sorts of shrapnel as it screamed down through the stratosphere. Those fragments were made of some kinda weird celestial shit that scattered around the resulting craterlets and have since had an effect on tree growth. The ice ages that would have scraped the Canadian shield clean as a whistle since are a colossal climate myth created by activist iceageologists conniving to deprive the oil companies of their rightful due.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 9:35 PM on May 22, 2008 [2 favorites]
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 9:35 PM on May 22, 2008 [2 favorites]
Outstanding!
I like to flatter myself that I'm up on my Fortean phenomena, but this is entirely new to me. The whole crop circle thing hasn't really caught on in the US like it has in the UK, but I've also wondered why pranksters haven't "taken it to the next level" by making more permanent marks in vegetation using fertilizer.
I blogged about just such a thing some time ago.
But it's good to see that a genuine geological mystery with these tree circles isn't being co-opted by the fringe element.
posted by Tube at 11:37 PM on May 22, 2008
I like to flatter myself that I'm up on my Fortean phenomena, but this is entirely new to me. The whole crop circle thing hasn't really caught on in the US like it has in the UK, but I've also wondered why pranksters haven't "taken it to the next level" by making more permanent marks in vegetation using fertilizer.
I blogged about just such a thing some time ago.
But it's good to see that a genuine geological mystery with these tree circles isn't being co-opted by the fringe element.
posted by Tube at 11:37 PM on May 22, 2008
"It is definitely not a UFO thing, crop circles, tree-killing fungus or meteors falling from the sky,"
Are you sure?
posted by Faint of Butt at 3:36 AM on May 23, 2008
Are you sure?
posted by Faint of Butt at 3:36 AM on May 23, 2008
wondered why pranksters haven't "taken it to the next level" by making more permanent marks in vegetation using fertilizer.
I guess you didn't go to high school in the same town I did. Nasty messages in fertalizer just before the first snow fall (for springtime hilarity), or in salt at any time, on the target's lawn were right up there with doing donuts on the golf course greens.
posted by StickyCarpet at 4:01 AM on May 23, 2008
I guess you didn't go to high school in the same town I did. Nasty messages in fertalizer just before the first snow fall (for springtime hilarity), or in salt at any time, on the target's lawn were right up there with doing donuts on the golf course greens.
posted by StickyCarpet at 4:01 AM on May 23, 2008
"It is definitely not a UFO thing, crop circles, tree-killing fungus or meteors falling from the sky," Hamilton laughs.
Of course not--it's fairies. DUH.
posted by elfgirl at 5:36 AM on May 23, 2008
Of course not--it's fairies. DUH.
posted by elfgirl at 5:36 AM on May 23, 2008
Cool. Learned some things from this thread I didn't know before today. For example, now I can pronounce Marasmius oreades and I know it's latin for fairy ring mushroom. This is completely worthless information to me, but it's just good to know I know it.
The original post was well thought out and nicely presented. Everyone in the thread is cool and good natured. The subject matter, while not riveting, was intellectually challenging, rewarding, a lot of fun, and the links in question didn't cause my browser to explode.
I'd like to nominate this as best MeFi thread of the day!
posted by ZachsMind at 9:16 AM on May 23, 2008 [1 favorite]
The original post was well thought out and nicely presented. Everyone in the thread is cool and good natured. The subject matter, while not riveting, was intellectually challenging, rewarding, a lot of fun, and the links in question didn't cause my browser to explode.
I'd like to nominate this as best MeFi thread of the day!
posted by ZachsMind at 9:16 AM on May 23, 2008 [1 favorite]
They should have just looked in the Bible. I am sure the answer is in there somewhere.
posted by Mr_Zero at 10:32 AM on May 23, 2008
posted by Mr_Zero at 10:32 AM on May 23, 2008
Google Maps seems to have the first one photographed in the article. Looks like he has a little buddy to a bit to the north.
posted by pwb503 at 10:45 AM on May 23, 2008
posted by pwb503 at 10:45 AM on May 23, 2008
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Nice presentation, also.
posted by yhbc at 7:12 PM on May 22, 2008