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Father and son crop circle-making team reveal the secrets
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025689
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Background
The most importnant sentence in this article is the one that indicates the father feels he is being 'channelled'.
Wikipedia definition of Channelling
In the later half of the 20th century, Western mediumship developed in two different ways. One type involved psychics or sensitives who speak to spirits and then relay what they hear to their clients. The other incarnation of non-physical mediumship is a form of channeling in which the channeler goes into a trance, or "leaves their body", allowing a spiritual entity to borrow their body, who then talks [or acts] through them. When in a trance the medium appears to come under the control of a spirit, sometimes entering into a cataleptic state, although modern channelers may not. Some channelers open the eyes when channeling, and remain able to walk and behave normally. The rhythm and the intonation of the voice may also change completely.
A description of the experience
Daily Mail Online
Father and son crop circle-making team reveal the secrets of how they have spent the past 15 years leaving their intricate designs across the countryside
- Father-son duo Terry and Jack, from Salisbury, revealed the painstaking process involved in making crop circles
- Men have left intricate formations in fields across Wiltshire for 15 years with a trained team of other enthusiasts
- They draw their designs on paper before spending hours making the huge patterns under the cover of darkness
By Ollie Gillman for MailOnline
Published: 14:00, 4 September 2015 | Updated: 15:54, 4 September 2015
A father and son who have spent 15 years making crop circles under the cover of darkness have revealed the painstaking process involved in leaving their intricate designs across the countryside.
Terry, 46, and Jack, 20, from Salisbury, revealed secrets behind the mysterious patterns on condition of anonymity and do not wish to give their surnames.
The men say they first draw their designs on paper before briefing a trained team of enthusiasts and heading out into fields across Wiltshire.
Mystery phenomenon: Father and son duo Terry, 46, and Jack, 20, have spent 15 years making crop circles under the cover of darkness
Detailed: The two men, from Salisbury, revealed the painstaking process involved in leaving their intricate designs across the countryside
The men say they first draw their designs on paper before briefing a trained team of enthusiasts and heading out into fields across Wiltshire
Terry has always been interested in the mysterious phenomenon but only started making the circles himself after suffering a brain haemorrhage in 2000
They use surveyors' tape measures, markers and boards to flatten the crop before spending up to five hours creating the formations during the dead of night.
The father-son duo have made more than 20 crop circles across Wiltshire, with designs ranging from 250ft to 1,600ft in size.
Terry said: 'The design is drawn out onto paper but whilst drawing I project the technique used in the field.
'I have never copied or used computers to construct my ideas as it would not be at all fulfilling or meaningful. I definitely feel as though there is some kind of channelling which is important.'
Technique: The men and their crew use surveyors' tape measures, markers and boards to flatten the crop as they create their designs
Hobby: The father-son duo have made more than 20 crop circles across Wiltshire, with designs ranging from 250ft to 1,600ft in size
Family past time: Jack was only five when Terry began designing formations but did not actively participate until he was 11
'I do the physical work mostly,' Terry's son Jack explains. 'Some nights there is a lot of energy that doesn't feel normal. Usually at the end of a circle there is a definite presence that seems to entangle inside of you. It's very electric.'
Terry has always been interested in the mysterious phenomenon but only started making the circles himself after suffering a brain haemorrhage in 2000.
He explained: 'In the first few months [after the haemorrhage] a friend at the time turned up at my door and insisted on taking me out to create our 1st crop circle. That was the beginning of my journey as a circle maker.'
Jack was only five when Terry began designing formations but did not actively participate until he was 11. He said the process was exciting but exhausting.
'I usually feel done by the time I've walked into the field, but once you get a couple of hours in you start to feel the adrenaline pumping,' he said.