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As I was on the way to Area 51, I was stopping on the side of the road and just taking measurements. And I found this one spot where time slowed down by a fraction of a second. It's not supposed to do that.

From the two big categories, animal mutilations and human abduction, you have to conclude that genetic material is being harvested.

I reached for a rifle and I turned and looked and it was already moving away. And it was descending the bluff. There's no way any human could have went down.

It was probably a 75 degree angle straight down almost.

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Do not go any further. Turn around. Go home.

Don't be afraid. Lock the doors. Turn out the lights. Then climb into bed.

It's time for Hillbilly. Dead time. Stories.

There have been few mysteries that have been surrounded by more controversy than crop circles.

Most believe that there are hoax. There's just simple man-made works of art. And for very good reason, there is actual proof of that.

But there are still some. Believe that crop circles are the work of aliens.

In this episode, we will take a deeper look into both sides of the argument as we examine the origins of crop circles.

Crop circles straddle multiple lines between pseudo-science, folklore, and science fiction.

These iconic geometric designs or patterns come from flattening cereal crops such as barley, flax or corn.

They've been mostly synonymous with UFOs and aliens. Some believe that these colossal works of art are actually where spacecraft have landed.

But crop circles are more rooted in reality than you'd think.

Creating images on a landscape is not a new concept.

Pre-Columbian cultures like the Incas or the Tawankus created these thousand meter long patterns on hills and desert plains for religious purposes.

The Nazca lines in Peru dated from 500 BC and are probably the most famous.

These so-called geogloughs were created as a form of land art. They were a symbol or carried a message or theme.

But no one really knows why or how crop circles came to be.

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